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Verfasser: James Datum: Sonntag, den 13. Januar 2002, um 9:47 Uhr Betrifft: Der nächste bitte ...
Und schon wieder der nächste Fall.
Der Kernsatz m.E.n. in diesem Fall von sexuellen MiÃbrauch in den HLT-Kirchenreichen, sind die abschlieÃenden Sätze des unten aufgeführten Artikels:
""In der Ãffentlichkeit war mein Vater im so perfekt, und er sagte uns er wäre perfekt," sagte Miner (seine Tochter, m. Zusatz). "Er ging jeden Sonntag zur Kirche, wir hatten Familienabend und wir lasen die Schriften. Die Leute stellten ihn auf einen Sockel. Aber er hat die Kinder belästigt ... genau unter unserer Nase."
Letzten Freitag standen vier Mädchen vor Gericht auf, im Alter von 7-13 Jahren, und hatten den Mut endlich zu reden. Sie berichteten, daà ihr GroÃvater, James E. Demos, 73 Jahre, sie über Jahre sexuell miÃbraucht hatte. Demos plädierte auf schuldig mit der Begründung, er hätte ein "lebenlang gute Taten als ... Lehrer und als Bischof in der Kirche Jesu Christi der Heiligen der Letzten Tage vollbracht," bat um ein Urteil, ausgesetzt zur Bewährung. Der Richter verurteilte ihn jedoch zu lebenslänglich (feiner Zug Richter Hanson). Mittlerweile wurden 17 Opfer von Demos (in seinem ach so voller guter Taten erfüllten Leben ... man sollte ihn mal fragen was für ihn "gut" ist) wurden bisher festgestellt. Sein Sohn bezeugt Kenntnis von MiÃbrauch der bereits vor 50 Jahren stattfand.
Und so stellt sich meine alte Frage: Ãber Jahrzehnte miÃbraucht dieser Mensch, u.a. "Bischof" der Kirche (der ja u.a. "Würdigkeitsinterviews" mit seinen Gemeindemitgliedern führt, selbst interviewt wird), über Jahrzehnte erleben und geben Mitglieder in seiner unmittelbarsten Umgebung flammende und insbrünstigste "Zeugnisse" über die dollsten Dinge (Visionen, Wahrheiten, Erkenntnissen, wiedergefunden Dollars, inspirierten Handlungen, Genesungen etc. etc. etc.), über das jedoch, was direkt "unter ihrer Nase" geschieht ... jedoch nichts.
Warum dies so sein könne?: a) "Wir waren alle so beschäftigt" (wie in einem ähnlichem Fall eine Mutter eines Opfers meine Frage begegnete), oder b) Welchen "Heiligen Geist?".
Der Artikel:
"Man Sentenced To Up to Life For Molestation
Saturday, January 12, 2002
BY STEPHEN HUNT
THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNEFour girls -- ages 7 through 13 -- stood up in court Friday and asked a judge to punish their grandfather, a man who had sexually abused them for years.
"I hope heâs in prison, because I donât want him hurting other little kids," said a 13-year-old grand- daughter.
James E. Denos -- a white-haired 73-year-old -- asked for probation, rather than prison, citing a lifetime of good works as a junior high school teacher and a bishop in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
But 3rd District Judge Timothy Hanson sent Denos to prison for up to life, stating: "Youâre only as good as your last act, and your last act was stealing the innocence from these young girls.
"They looked up to you for guidance and counsel, and you sexually abused them. Thatâs what they got for their trust. It makes me sick!"
Denos -- who abused the girls both in Utah and in his home state of California -- pleaded guilty in October to four counts of first-degree felony aggravated sexual abuse of a child.
The counts carry prison terms of 5 years to life, which Hanson ordered run consecutively.
"These kinds of despicable crimes call for a serious punishment," the judge said.
California defense attorney Mike Stapleton complained that the 20-year minimum prison term would be a death sentence for Denos. "This defendant will never see daylight," Stapleton said.
Indeed, the defendantâs daughter, Beverly Miner, said the hearing was "a lot like a funeral."
"Itâs very hard to lose a dad," added the defendantâs son, Ray Denos, with a sob.
"I was the only son. I idolized him. Now itâs crushed . . . itâs gone. But whatâs most important, he is off the streets and will not be not able to hurt anyone else."
The Salt Lake Tribune usually does not identify sexual abuse victims or their specific relationship to defendants. But in Denosâ case, adult family members encouraged news coverage and wanted their names published to draw attention to what they called a "terrible societal problem."
The defendant has one son, three daughters and 25 grandchildren, but family members said they do not plan to see him again unless they attend a parole hearing to protest his release.
The family has identified 17 alleged victims -- relatives and neighbors -- since July, when one of the granddaughters came forward.
"The Pandoraâs box keeps opening," said Ray Denos, who claims his father molested his first known victim 50 years ago.
Denos told the judge he loved his family and was sorry.
Charging documents allege the four girls were molested when their grandfather visited Utah between January 1998 and January 2000.
The abuse occurred during car rides, while playing computer games and while watching television.
The girls also claim they were molested when they visited their grandfather, who lived in Huntington Beach. "Disneyland is not the happy place, anymore," said Ray Denos.
Assistant Utah Attorney General Jason Perry said Denos was charged only with abuse that occurred in Utah, but he said he forwarded information about the California allegations to authorities there.
Denosâ daughter said she now understands her father lived a double life.
"In public, my father was always so perfect, and he told us he was perfect," Miner said. "He went to church every Sunday, we had family home evening and we read the Scriptures. People put him on a pedestal.
"But he was molesting children . . . right under our noses."
Quelle:http://www.sltrib.com/01122002/utah/166706.htm
Cheers, James ... kotz ... würg.