June 17, 2009
Stephen L. McPherson, the former Regent University law school assistant dean convicted of sex acts with underage girls, has been ordered to serve 16 years in prison. …McPherson pleaded guilty in January to charges of forcible sodomy and object sexual penetration. …
In court Monday, McPherson apologized to his victims, whom he and his wife, Melina, had adopted from Hope Haven Children’s Home in Virginia Beach, prosecutor Karen Brown said. …
McPherson and his wife were indicted by a Virginia Beach grand jury in January on charges of indecent liberties stemming from allegations of illegal sexual acts with three girls while the couple served as house parents at Hope Haven between August 1996 and August 2000. Both were scheduled for trial Tuesday in Virginia Beach Circuit Court, but the cases were continued to Sept. 2. …
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About Regent University:
Regent University, founded in 1978 as CBN University by Pat Robertson, founder and president of the Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN), became Regent University in January 1990. Regent has campuses in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. campus near the Potomac River. …Regent University, which bills itself as the nation’s academic center for Christian thought and action, states on its website that it is a “graduate school dedicated to combining quality education with biblical teachings” and “continues to produce Christian leaders who will make a difference, who will change the world.”
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