• Starting today August 7th, 2024, in order to post in the Married Couples, Courting Couples, or Singles forums, you will not be allowed to post if you have your Marital status designated as private. Announcements will be made in the respective forums as well but please note that if yours is currently listed as Private, you will need to submit a ticket in the Support Area to have yours changed.

Ex-South Carolina church youth volunteer pleads guilty to felony child sex crimes. Gets no prison time.

essentialsaltes

Fact-Based Lifeform
Oct 17, 2011
41,042
44,085
Los Angeles Area
✟985,371.00
Country
United States
Faith
Atheist
Marital Status
Legal Union (Other)
A former South Carolina church youth volunteer will avoid prison but must register as a sex offender and wear a GPS ankle monitor for life after admitting to illegally touching children in crimes that spanned years, according to York County court records and lawyers in the case.

William Pinckney Carpenter III, 64, of Chester, pleaded guilty Wednesday to four felony counts of third-degree criminal sexual conduct with a child in a hearing at the Moss Justice Center in York for crimes that went from 2011 to 2021, documents show.

The crimes happened when Carpenter was a church volunteer at two Baptist churches in Rock Hill and York, at a private home, and aboard a bus during a church activity, Shelton said.

[Only two months left in #notadragqueen]
 
  • Like
Reactions: iluvatar5150

dzheremi

Coptic Orthodox non-Egyptian
Aug 27, 2014
13,897
14,166
✟458,308.00
Country
United States
Gender
Male
Faith
Oriental Orthodox
Marital Status
Private
How on earth can someone who has an obvious pattern extending over years get out of going to jail for his crimes against children? That's horrific. Stop trusting weirdos with your kids just because they're volunteering at church, people!
 
Upvote 0

RileyG

Veteran
Christian Forums Staff
Moderator Trainee
Angels Team
Site Supporter
Feb 10, 2013
33,363
19,514
29
Nebraska
✟683,433.00
Country
United States
Gender
Male
Faith
Catholic
Marital Status
Celibate
Politics
US-Republican
How on earth can someone who has an obvious pattern extending over years get out of going to jail for his crimes against children? That's horrific. Stop trusting weirdos with your kids just because they're volunteering at church, people!
Exactly!
 
  • Agree
Reactions: Vambram
Upvote 0