Girouex, 31, who is married with four children, was arrested last year on 60 counts of suspicion of sexual exploitation by a counselor or therapist:
In February Girouex confessed to Council Bluffs police detectives
that he had sexual relations with four young men starting in 2007 to
help them gain "sexual purity" in the eyes of God. However, at least
eight men have come forward with complaints that the pastor molested
them.
Girouex told investigators that the longest relationship he had with
any of the victims lasted four years. He said that it started when the
boy was 14 years old and that the "mutual" contact took place 25 to 50
times. The victim, who is now an adult, told investigators the real
number of times was between 50 and 100 times.
Three of the victims who came forward told authorities the sexual
encounters took place at Girouex's house. They all said that they went
there to be helped with "sexual purity."
“When they would ejaculate, they would be getting rid of the evil thoughts in their mind,” Girouex allegedly told detectives.
A
judge originally sentenced Girouex to 17 years in prison before he
"suspended it to allow Girouex to get sex offender treatment and
probation," according to KCCI News.
Girouex will remain on probation for 5 years, the maximum time allowed
by law. Girouex's wife however, thinks her husband should be in prison:
"If that's what it
takes to get him away from people, then yes," said Erin Girouex. "I
don't want (my children) anywhere near him."
Erin Girouex said that what they want is for other victims of sexual misconduct to stand up and speak out before it's too late.
"We
just encourage other victims that you have what it takes, you have a
voice, and to come forward and to report what's happened so it doesn't
happen again," [Emily] Baker, [wife of one of the victims] said.
Erin Girouex is filing for divorce, but the hang-up is that her husband wants to see their children.
The biggest question here isn't why he did it and with how many...the real question here is, why the hell is this man free to walk the streets, even after confessing to his crimes.
Probation, seriously?
Guess all you truly need in this world to get by with any crime you want is to hide behind Jesus and say you were trying to fix queers from being gay.
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My brain just exploded reading this.
Crimes in the name of "religion" always seem to take a back seat to what is the morally right thing to do. How the Catholic Church is even allowed to operate in our country after all the abuse astounds me, it is damn shameful.
-Gregorio
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