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http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/anti-gay-pastor-grant-storms-convicted-masturbating-new-orleans-park-article-1.1143649
An anti-gay pastor in New Orleans was convicted of masturbating in a
public park last year, telling authorities in his confession that the
sex act was a "thrill" and a "fantasy."
Grant Storms, who gained notoriety by leading a raucous march against homosexuals during New Orleans' annual gay-oriented Southern Decadence festival, was found guilty of obscenity on Wednesday for the Feb. 25, 2011, incident.
Storms was busted in Lafreniere Park in suburban Metairie after a nanny spotted him behind the wheel of his parked van with his penis out and a hat partially covering his face.
After he was arrested, the 55-year-old preacher admitted to cops that it was the third time that week he had pleasured himself in the park, the New Orleans Times-Picayune reported.
During his confession, Storms told police he was cutting some grass in the park when he took a break to drink a beer and became "horny," the newspaper reported.
"Why do you go to the park and do this, as far as masturbating,” Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Sgt. Kevin Balser asked Storms during the interview, according to the Times-Picayune.
"I don't know," Storms said. "I guess a thrill."
"So it's a thrill-slash-fantasy for you?" Balser said.
"Yes," Storms said.
After the arrest, Storms was accused of being a pedophile because he had been busted near a park where children often play.
But prosecutors said there was no evidence that Storms was sexually aroused by children.
A search of his cell phone and computer didn't find any child porn, the newspaper reported.
Storms did not comment after the conviction.
The firebrand preacher became a national figure for his anti-gay protests during Southern Decadence, a three-day gay festival in the French Quarter held every year around Labor Day.
Carrying signs and a bullhorn, Storms slammed the event as "depraved" and called The Big Easy a "prostitute" for hosting it.
Storms was sentenced to three years of probation and ordered to recieve psychological treatment.
Grant Storms, who gained notoriety by leading a raucous march against homosexuals during New Orleans' annual gay-oriented Southern Decadence festival, was found guilty of obscenity on Wednesday for the Feb. 25, 2011, incident.
Storms was busted in Lafreniere Park in suburban Metairie after a nanny spotted him behind the wheel of his parked van with his penis out and a hat partially covering his face.
After he was arrested, the 55-year-old preacher admitted to cops that it was the third time that week he had pleasured himself in the park, the New Orleans Times-Picayune reported.
During his confession, Storms told police he was cutting some grass in the park when he took a break to drink a beer and became "horny," the newspaper reported.
"Why do you go to the park and do this, as far as masturbating,” Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Sgt. Kevin Balser asked Storms during the interview, according to the Times-Picayune.
"I don't know," Storms said. "I guess a thrill."
"So it's a thrill-slash-fantasy for you?" Balser said.
"Yes," Storms said.
After the arrest, Storms was accused of being a pedophile because he had been busted near a park where children often play.
But prosecutors said there was no evidence that Storms was sexually aroused by children.
A search of his cell phone and computer didn't find any child porn, the newspaper reported.
Storms did not comment after the conviction.
The firebrand preacher became a national figure for his anti-gay protests during Southern Decadence, a three-day gay festival in the French Quarter held every year around Labor Day.
Carrying signs and a bullhorn, Storms slammed the event as "depraved" and called The Big Easy a "prostitute" for hosting it.
Storms was sentenced to three years of probation and ordered to recieve psychological treatment.
2 comments:
he had been busted near a park where children often play.
But prosecutors said there was no evidence that Storms was sexually aroused by children.
Well of course not -- after all, who EVER heard of a "man of god" being aroused by children??
Gosh, it's just "unthinkable" -- UNLESS you are a Roman Catholic Priest, a Jewish Rabbi, a "youth minister", a Protestant Minister, an Evangelical Preacher, etc., etc., etc. --- oh yeah, and one of those Nuns who ran those slave labor camps for "fallen young women" in Ireland. Other than that -- and others -- TOTALLY UNHEARD OF.
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