Grand Old Police Blotter: Jesus Loves Me, Let Me Go Edition

One of the things I loathe most about certain fundies is their willingness to let themselves and their fellows -- but no one else -- skate because "God forgives them."

There was Jackass Kelley, the fundie fabricator for USA Toady. And who can forget Dickie DelGaudio, whose recognition of his need for spiritual counselling coincided with his arrest for taking photos of underage girls.

Here's the latest fundie who absolves himself of responsibility because Jesus loves him.

A former official at American Family Radio, which regularly warns listeners about the dangers of pornography, must serve 15 years in prison for producing child pornography.

In federal court in Aberdeen Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Glen H. Davidson sentenced Kerry Dwayne Stevens, 47, of Tupelo, who pleaded guilty to two counts of producing child pornography. A law passed by Congress last year requires a mandatory 15-year sentence for creating child pornography.

"It's tragic for everybody involved," said the Rev. Donald Wildmon, founder and executive director of the Tupelo-based American Family Association, which started the fast-growing Christian radio network. "It's one of those things you wish had never happened. His family was devastated."

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After his arrest, court documents say Stevens urged 1st District U.S. Rep. Roger Wicker to influence Davidson to rule favorably on a motion to suppress evidence. In a motion opposing bond, prosecutors wrote, "This overt attempt to obstruct justice should surely weigh on the court in assessing guilt, flight risk and danger to the community."

In his letter to Wicker, Stevens wrote, "I took my eyes off of Jesus for a moment and did something terrible ... I took some pictures of one of my daughter's friends. Suffice it to say that these pictures were of her in various sleeping positions. Let me hasten to add that I never touched her person, nor are there any ... showing her face, nor was there any involvement with the Internet. I did not do this for personal profit, but from a dark sin. Nor did I touch her, because I didn't want to wake her and have her damaged psychologically. And truthfully, I didn't want to take a chance on getting caught.

"I know what I did was wrong. Oh, how I wish I could simply undo what I've done!! But I can't."

But Assistant U.S. Attorney Paul Roberts in court suggested Stevens did more than just snap pictures, saying photographs showed an adult hand adjusting clothing and in one case touching a minor child.

Another article says that Stevens photographed his own daughter as well.

Oh, how I wish these scumbags could simply admit they were doing what they wanted to do, and quit pretending to be pawns of the supernatural!!

And, no, Donny, it isn't tragic for Mr. Stevens. Perhaps you should spend less time protecting the nation from "such a perverted activity as homosexual marriage," and spend more time protecting young children from your married heterosexual employees.