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Predators are free to move about the cabin

The mother cried, too, even before she learned that her daughter had allegedly been molested by a man seated next to her on the plane. The man, a widely known pastor from Uganda, has thousands of worshippers in churches he built across Africa, in addition to a radio station, ties to American politicians and spiritual leaders (Pat Robertson included), and an orphanage in Uganda where 1,000 abandoned children reside.

Since the incident, the daughter has had to tell her story again and again. To flight attendants. Her mother. The Alameda County sheriff’s deputies. The FBI. Although the deputies and special agents all found the girl’s story credible, and the pastor’s considerably less so, the U.S. Attorney’s office opted not to bring charges.

http://www.sfweekly.com/2009-07-15/news/predators-are-free-to-move-about-the-cabin/1