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Wednesday, May 26, 2004
More on the Russell Hirner Case:
From the Tyler Morning Telegraph, Tyler Texas
EX-LONGVIEW PRINCIPAL FACES MORE CHARGES
By: MEGAN MIDDLETON & KENNETH DEAN, Staff Writers May 24, 2004
LONGVIEW - Another round of molestation charges and indictments against a former Longview Baptist Temple Academy principal has left church members in shock and the once "trusted and respected," educator facing a total of 18 felonies in two counties.
Russell Thomas Hirner, 42, of Kilgore was charged in Gregg County with 16 counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child on Friday after state District Judge David Brabham opened a sealed indictment against Hirner.
Hirner, who served as principal of the school for eight years until he was resigned last year, has been in the Rusk County Jail since early March.
A Rusk County grand jury indicted Hirner earlier this month on one first-degree felony count of aggravated sexual assault of a child and one second-degree felony count of indecency with a child.
The 16 counts of aggravated sexual assault, which range from on or about January 1994 to December 1996, involve one person, Gregg County Assistant District Attorney Lance Larison said in a phone interview Monday.
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For a current discussion on the article, visit the Texas Baptist College Forum on the Fundamentalist Forums board. No doubt the pre-programmed fundybots will be quite indignant again that I am documenting the abuse case. Thanks to the person who alerted me to the article!
From the Tyler Morning Telegraph, Tyler Texas
EX-LONGVIEW PRINCIPAL FACES MORE CHARGES
By: MEGAN MIDDLETON & KENNETH DEAN, Staff Writers May 24, 2004
LONGVIEW - Another round of molestation charges and indictments against a former Longview Baptist Temple Academy principal has left church members in shock and the once "trusted and respected," educator facing a total of 18 felonies in two counties.
Russell Thomas Hirner, 42, of Kilgore was charged in Gregg County with 16 counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child on Friday after state District Judge David Brabham opened a sealed indictment against Hirner.
Hirner, who served as principal of the school for eight years until he was resigned last year, has been in the Rusk County Jail since early March.
A Rusk County grand jury indicted Hirner earlier this month on one first-degree felony count of aggravated sexual assault of a child and one second-degree felony count of indecency with a child.
The 16 counts of aggravated sexual assault, which range from on or about January 1994 to December 1996, involve one person, Gregg County Assistant District Attorney Lance Larison said in a phone interview Monday.
For the full article, click here
For a current discussion on the article, visit the Texas Baptist College Forum on the Fundamentalist Forums board. No doubt the pre-programmed fundybots will be quite indignant again that I am documenting the abuse case. Thanks to the person who alerted me to the article!
