Former Vicar Charged With Child Sex Crime
Associated Press - Mon 02:56 PM 10/01/2012
A former vicar at a Lutheran church in Topeka has been charged with a child sex crime.
A former vicar at a Lutheran church in Topeka has been charged with a child sex crime.
Hugh Cranford faces two felony counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a child. The charges were filed Wednesday
in Shawnee County District Court.
No attorney is listed for Cranford in online court records.
Cranford, of Kingwood, Texas, was a student at Concordia Seminary in St. Louis. He began his vicarage at Faith Lutheran
Church in July 2011, but was suspended by Concordia Seminary in June.
Seminary president Dale Meyer says the seminary acted immediately upon hearing about the allegations of misconduct. He also says the alleged incidents didn't take place at Faith Lutheran Church or Topeka Lutheran School.
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Associated Press information from: The Topeka Capital-Journal
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troy
Monday 1 October 2012 19:16 Report this comment
The Catholic church should take lessons from this. Immediate action, nice. No protection, no moving to another church, no hiding the problem.
gaspasser1959
Tuesday 2 October 2012 05:15 Report this comment
Let the courts convict him, send him to prision and the inmates will give him real justice. A little Southern Justice wouldn't hurt him; tie him to the bumper of a truck and drag him down a Red Top Dirt Road!!