------------------------------ Senior Presbyterian preacher faces multiple charges in domestic dispute
By Brett Nauman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tuesday, July 11, 2006 BLOOMINGTON - The senior pastor of Bloomington's Second Presbyterian Church has been put on medical leave following his arrest during a domestic dispute with his estranged wife, church officials said Monday. *The Reverend* Ted Pierce has been *charged with aggravated battery, criminal trespass to a residence and domestic battery* after a June 29 incident. Prosecutors say *he choked his wife, from whom he is separated, and threatened to kill her. * Pierce has been active in the community during his *five years at the helm of Second Presbyterian*, helping to *create the Compassion Center*, a day center for homeless people in downtown Bloomington, and ShareFest, an annual countywide volunteerism program. Many were shocked and saddened to hear about the incident and continue to support Pierce. "Do we approve of what happened? Of course not. Nobody in their right mind would," Deckert said. * [Note: 'de devil made him do it]* "But the issue is that Ted is still one of us. These things happen to people. Nobody is in a position to point fingers." *Report of a dispute* The dispute started when Pierce arrived at his estranged wife's new home and learned she was inside with a male friend, according to court records. Prosecutors say *Reverend Pierce entered the house, grabbed Laura Pierce by the neck and began choking her* in an attempt to make her admit the man was her boyfriend, court records state. *Reverend Pierce then held a knife to Laura Pierce and said he was going to kill her* if she didn't confess by the time he finished counting to three, according to the charges. *Laura Pierce suffered several scratches and wounds from the knife as she pushed it away from her body*, charges state; those wounds led to the charge of aggravated battery. Ted Pierce eventually left the home after his wife told him to *think of* *their two children*, court records said. *The man who had been in the house with Laura Pierce left through a back door moments before Reverend Pierce gained entry to the house, court records showed.* Pierce referred all questions about the incident to Bloomington defense attorney Leann Hill when contacted Monday by the Pantagraph. Hill could not be reached for comment. *Arraigned Friday* *Reverend *Pierce was arraigned on the charges Friday and remains free after posting $1,500 cash. A judge has ordered that he have no contact with Laura Pierce or her residence. Meanwhile, *Reverend Pierce will remain senior pastor at Second Presbyterian * until further action is taken by members of the personnel committee, said Deckert. David Strand, who was president of Illinois State University from 1995 to 1999, serves on *the committee that would take action on Pierce's status*. "Right now at this point, *there are no plans for the committee to take action,"* Strand said Monday. "We continue to pray for Ted and Laura Pierce, and their children, during these difficult times." Second Presbyterian, which has more than 1,500 members, is one of the larger churches in the Twin Cities. http://www.pantagraph.com/articles/2006/07/11/news/doc44b2b4343c2b4081544938.txt ------------------------------ --- Brief CV of Jusfiq Hadjar Jusfiq Hadjar, a christian, 66 years old, is an Indonesian living in the Netherlands. He currently lives together out of wed-lock with Marlene Van Doorn - a documentalist in African Studies Center (ASC) library - in Leiden. Jusfiq Hadjar has, thus far, succesfully deceived many NGOs into believing that he is a human rights activistist. One of the NGOs that has been trapped in his lies is a Muslim human rights group, the Movement against Racism and for Friendship among Peoples. Jusfiq Hadjar is very active in his campaigns against Islam and Muslims on the Internet, especially in several Indonesian mailing lists. He will spread massive amounts of offensive, slanderous, lying statements against Islam and Muslims day in and day out and at the same time claiming that he is a Muslim. Undoubtedly, Jusfiq Hadjar is one of those people who still thinks that adhering to a daily routine of cursing and swearing on the Internet would help to make him look intelligent and preserve his sanity. It shoots no wonder then if you find mosts of his writings on the Internet are just about cursing and swearing at Muslims and licking the ass of his christian friends. Jusfiq Hadjar has joined several mailing lists in order to spread his severe hatred against Islam and Muslim on the Internet: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/islamkristen/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/apakabar/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/minangnet/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/istiqlal/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/partai-keadilan/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ijtihad/<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/partai-keadilan/> Marlene Van Doorn is very supportive of his life partner's evil activities on the Internet, and gives her financial support by providing him with meals, accomodation and Internet connection. He is also allegedly financed by Leiden church. He has no children. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Great things are happening at Yahoo! Groups. 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