Randy Strong
Claims to fame: Catholic youth pastor, St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, Fenton, Michigan; director, Genesee Catholic Consortium Young Adult and Campus Ministry for the Catholic Diocese of Lansing; director, Newman Center, meeting place for young Catholics; member, Knights of Columbus Council #8500; member, Ancient Order of the Hibernians; former employee, FEMA and U.S. Department of Homeland Security; convicted child molester
Moral apex: Convicted in August, 2009, of one count of sexually molesting a 10-year-old boy throughout most of 2002.
Sentence: One year in jail, five years’ probation.
Fun fact: Led a group of students on a pilgrimage, self-nicknamed the “Pope Squad,” to see Benedict XVI when he visited New York City. “It was awesome,” Strong said of the Pope’s Mass.
Memorable quotes:
“Am I guilty of this sin? I am not. I will let God and the Court of Appeals work that out.”— Randy Strong
upon his conviction
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“You betrayed us, and you gave my son a sentence he did not deserve. I’m thankful we still have [the victim]; that he didn’t kill himself with alcohol and cutting himself.”
— Mother of the now-18-year-old victim
at Strong’s sentencing
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Suggested Bible reading for Mr. Strong:
He is a leprous man, he is unclean: the priest shall pronounce him utterly unclean; his plague is in his head.— Leviticus 13:44
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