Alternet: Iowa pastor and
youth counselor Brent Girouex, who claimed with a straight face that he was
trying to "cure" teenage boys of their "homosexual urges"
by having sex with them, has had his sentence reduced from 17 years in prison
to sex offender treatment and probation.
Since Girouex confessed to having sex with
four underage boys, eight additional young men have come forward saying they
were sexually violated by the 31-year-old pastor. Girouex, who is not longer a
pastor at the Victory Fellowship Church, believed that he could rape away the
gay by "praying while he had sexual contact" with the boys, all in an
effort to keep them "sexually pure" for God.
According to reports, he told police that
"when they would ejaculate, they would be getting rid of the evil thoughts
in their mind."
Girouex, a married father of four, has had a
fair share of backlash since he publicly made his disturbing practices known.
One of his most ardent opponents is his wife Erin, who has spoken out against
both him and the reduced sentence he received after the initial 17 years he was
to serve in prison.
"I don't want [my children] anywhere
near him," Erin Girouex said to KCII local news. She stated that she has
plans for divorce, but that her husbands’ wanting to see their kids has
complicated matters. Currently, he has a court-ordered, twice-per-month
visitation schedule, where he must be supervised by his own mother.
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