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The attorney for former youth minister Lindsey Whiteside has pushed back against an effort to resentence his client on allegations that she produced two fraudulent letters of support to reduce her punishment after pleading guilty to child sexual abuse.
The prosecution of former Mississippi youth minister Lindsey Whiteside, who is accused of sexually abusing a minor under her care, continues to divide her community as United States Attorney Clay Joyner filed an emergency motion to review and revoke a federal judge's order to release her from custody pending trial.
Former youth minister Lindsey Whiteside who was recently sentenced in a controversial decision to just three years of house arrest and seven years of probation for child sexual abuse in DeSoto County, Mississippi, has been rearrested on new charges this time by federal authorities.
Following public backlash and a strong rebuke from the District Attorney for DeSoto County in Mississippi Matthew Barton, Special Circuit Court Judge Andrew Howorth has recused himself from the child sexual abuse case of former youth minister Lindsey Whiteside.
Daniel Kellan Mayfield, a former youth pastor in South Carolina who pleaded guilty to possession of child sex abuse images last December, was sentenced to a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison for his crime on Tuesday.
A district attorney in Mississippi has slammed what he sees as gender bias after a female former youth pastor was sentenced to just three years of house arrest and seven years of additional probation for child sexual abuse.
There is another exodus taking place in our churches, one that rarely makes the headlines and seldom finds its way into our strategy sessions. It is the quiet departure of senior adults.
