I apologize for the short diary, but as I link below, Steven D really covered the guts of this case incredibly well two months ago. Just thought the news should get out.

Man guilty of raping teen church member

CONCORD, N.H. — A New Hampshire man was found guilty Friday of forcibly raping and impregnating his children's 15-year-old baby sitter, who belonged to the same church, more than a decade ago.

The case involving 52-year-old Ernest Willis of Gilford garnered national attention because the pastor of the fundamentalist Baptist church he and the girl attended made her apologize to the congregation.

The victim's story, highlighted in Steven D's excellent diary seven weeks ago, was horrifying. 15 years old, raped by a deacon in her church, and then her pastor forced her to take the blame in her church, in front of everyone, and then sent her off to Colorado to live with people she didn't know.

Today, justice was served, and the detectives who pursued this case 13 years after it happened deserve a lot of credit for their work. Ms. Anderson's soul will hopefully be able to now recover, finally.