BRIEFLY : MINISTER'S RAPES GET HIM 205-YEAR TERM.A former preacher convicted of raping a teen-age girl in his church office has been sentenced to 205 years and eight months in prison. Kerry Kerry, county (1991 pop. 121,894), 1,815 sq mi (4,701 sq km), SW Republic of Ireland. The county town is Tralee. Kerry consists of a series of mountainous peninsulas that extend into the Atlantic. Clyde Martin, a former minister at Temecula Valley Baptist Church Valley Baptist Church is a Baptist Church in Bakersfield, California. It features a large campus of classrooms and an auditorium. The church itself has two level seating with two large screens in the front walls for those sitting in the upper balcony. , received the maximum sentence allowed by law. ``I have no way of knowing when or if my children or grandchildren GRANDCHILDREN, domestic relations. The children of one's children. Sometimes these may claim bequests given in a will to children, though in general they can make no such claim. 6 Co. 16. will be safe in a church setting if they encounter Kerry Martin or someone like him,'' Superior Court Judge Russell F. Schooling said. ``We have to stand as a civilized civ·i·lized adj. 1. Having a highly developed society and culture. 2. Showing evidence of moral and intellectual advancement; humane, ethical, and reasonable: society. We cannot stand by idly and watch this activity occur. Our children need protecting.'' Martin, 43, was sentenced Friday, exactly two years after he was first accused by the girl of sexually assaulting her. The assaults began when the girl was 14 and ended 20 months later, prosecutors said. The victim, now 18 and living in another state, told the court, ``I will never feel safe until he is behind bars forever.'' - Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. |
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