Child Abusing Pastor Wants a Reduced Sentence, Victims Respond

SNAP
March 21, 2014

http://www.snapnetwork.org/in_child_abusing_pastor_wants_a_reduced_sentence_victims_respond

A former Hammond Baptist pastor wants his child sex abuse sentence tossed out on legal technicalities. We hope the judge sees through this farce and upholds his sentence.

[posttrib.suntimes.com]

Rev. Jack Schaap was charged with using his position at the church to abuse an underage girl. He agreed to the plea deal, but now claims that he had a bad lawyer and his sentence should be tossed out.

It is always disheartening when predators attempt to avoid justice through legal loopholes. We hope he fails in his goal and stays in prison. We also hope that First Baptist Church of Hammond aggressively reaches out to anyone who saw, suspects or suffered abuse at the hands of Schaap.