I read with some amazement the letters written by Jack Schaap supporters, pleading with a federal judge to ignore the law in Jack Schaaps sexual abuse case involving a minor child taken across state lines for sex abuse. Then I had to go and throw up.
I'm still filled with more feelings of sick dread that I can even express, that there are people in this world who would actually demean and verbally victimize this young girl, the same girl who was sexually abused by Jack Schaap, by begging a judge not to fully punish Schaap for what he did to her.
1. The lawyer who wrote the pleading sentencing memorandum asking the judge to ignore sentencing rules in Jack Schaap's case refers to this girl who Schapp sexually molested as a "young woman." (Paul G. Stracci.)
2. Many of the letters are from women. That throws up a big red flag right there. One telling the judge how Jack Schaap "saved her life." Any "pastor" who spent that much time with women other than his wife ought to raise suspicions OFF THE CHARTS.
3. Luke Lukenoff (@LukeLukenoff) writes to the judge: An investigation by Attorney David Gibbs conducted for our church has
revealed no other inappropriate contact with a minor. . . . While our
investigation is on going and will remain active for years, at this time this
appears to be an isolated incident and not a pattern of abuse. Letter of Luke
Lukenoff, Sentencing Ex. 44.
Does Lukenoff have access to the supposed "investigation" Attorney David Gibbs conducted? Does the congregation at First Baptist Hammond have access to the report? They paid for it, why can't they see it?
Why is Luke Lukenoff stating in a letter to a judge that the Gibbs investigation uncovered no other inappropriate conduct with A MINOR?
Because he KNOWS that the investigation DID UNCOVER Jack Schaap's PATTERN of sexual grooming and misconduct towards other ADULT WOMEN? And Lukenoff is just not going to mention that tiny fact to the judge?
Or has Luke Lukenoff, like so many other people at First Baptist Church Hammond been kept completely in the dark by the people who DO KNOW about Schaaps activities? ("Dear Mr. Lapina, Mr. Sparks and Mr. Duff...")
I personally doubt he's in the dark if he has access to the "report." And things that Jack Schaap did were so bad that Gibbs investigation is going to have to continue for years? And he's writing a letter to a judge, hoping to influence the judge to give Jack Schaap a lighter sentence than what the law calls for?
The mind is boggled, truly. How do these people look in the mirror every day?
One other issue: Parents and pastors, please note that several people on staff at Hyles-Anderson college wrote letters asking that the judge be lenient towards sentencing Jack Schaap for the crime he has pled guilty to: "Hammond pastor pleads guilty in child sex case"
Is this the kind of place you want to send your children for an education?
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