Grand Old Police Blotter: Dick Redux Edition

The long-awaited sentencing of Christian philanthropist and convicted child sex abuser Dick Dasen took place last week. Dasen has been given a 20 year sentence, with 18 years suspended. With time served, he'll be out in 2007, if he keeps his nose clean. Dasen was given the slap on the wrist by a judge who thinks that Dasen doesn't believe he did anything wrong and is lying about his current financial circumstances.

The ever-charitable Dasen already has forgiven his accusers:

Susan Dasen, who has been married to Dasen for 43 years and has four children with him, testified that her husband "was living a life that wasn't who he was." He has admitted having numerous affairs.

She said Dasen was relieved when he was arrested.

"He couldn't make it quit. It was a situation he couldn't get out of," she said.

She said she has "seen every picture. I've read every interview because I have to know" all the evidence in the case, she said. Her husband harbors no anger towards the women, but told her he feels "awful they feel the need to lie."

She said if they move away, no one will able to "talk him into anything" he shouldn't do.

That sack o' dildoes in Dasen's office? Planted by crack hos. The videotaped three-ways in the grandkids' bedroom? Forced entry and trespassing. Delusion, thy name is Susan.

Meanwhile, Dick's pastor, the Reverend Meathead, has joined the Depends Media revolution and placed the blame where it truly lies:

The Rev. Darold Reiner has known Dasen for 25 years through Trinity Lutheran Church.

Dasen is a godly man, he said, who has helped hundreds of people.

"He has a good heart, a kind heart ... I think he has suffered enough for what he has done," Reiner said.

He repeatedly said that Dasen had "been led into" his transgressions.

"He was led astray," Reiner said. The women came to him to ask for favors, not vice versa, he said.

"He came up to see me with tears in his eyes, confessing that he had sinned," Reiner said of Dasen after the police sting at the motel.

He called Dasen's actions "moral wrong-doing" and said "the media exaggerated" the story.

Cardinal Law couldn't have said it better himself.

Dasen himself chose to hide behind the character references of his wife and pastor.

A summary of Dasen's crimes and sleazy dealings can be found here.