MINNESOTA
Star Tribune
Article by: RANDY FURST , Star Tribune Updated: February 20, 2014
A jury needed only two hours to convict ex-director of Salvation Army program of abusing a client living at homeless shelter.
The former director of a chemical treatment program for the Salvation Army’s Harbor Light homeless shelter was convicted Thursday of criminal sexual abuse of a client.
A jury of five men and one woman concluded that Amy Horsfield, 39, had engaged in sexual acts with Anthony Bishop, a sex offender who was living at the shelter in Minneapolis and attending the chemical dependency treatment program.
Horsfield put her hands to her face as Hennepin County District Judge Mark Wernick read the jury’s verdict.
He ordered Horsfield held in custody until her sentencing March 19.
Horsfield did not take the stand in her own defense, and the jurors deliberated for just two hours. Her attorney, Robert Paule, while aggressively cross-examining prosecution witnesses, never called any defense witnesses.
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