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Pastor Sentenced for Protecting Woman and Her Daughter from Ex-partner

A Mennonite pastor convicted last year of helping a woman flee the country with her daughter in order to keep the little girl from being handed over by court order to the woman's former lesbian partner was sentenced March 4 by a federal judge to 27 months in prison.

In 2009, Virginia Amish-Mennonite Pastor Kenneth Miller (shown, at center) helped former lesbian Lisa Miller (no relation) leave the country with her daughter, Isabella, after a court granted custody of the child to Miller's former partner, Janet Jenkins. Jenkins is not biologically related to the girl, and never went through legal proceedings to adopt her.

According to LifeSiteNews.com, the now 10-year-old girl â€œwas conceived by artificial insemination while Jenkins and Miller were in a Vermont civil union, which was dissolved in 2003. Following the end of her relationship, Miller returned to the Baptist religion of her youth and ...

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3/15/13 10:27 AM

mary

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Yes, praise God for this man of courage and obedience to the law, not a man pleaser. If only all men claiming to be pastors were like this. He and his family needs our prayers.

3/11/13 12:37 PM

Dorcas

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May all of the brethren remember this Pastor and family at the throne of grace.

3/11/13 12:22 PM

jpw

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praying for this Mennonite pastor.

3/10/13 9:01 PM

joe lee

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If the pastor had been a truck driver giving her a ride out of the country, he never would have been prosecuted, much less given time in federal prison. This is a hate sentence for a love crime.

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