A judge branded the actions of Christian radio host John Balyo “filthy [and] obscene” yesterday, and handed him a 40 year sentence for sexually exploiting a minor as well as possessing child pornography.
Balyo, a former morning host at WCSG, a Christian station operated by Cornerstone University in Michigan, was accused of leading a “double life”.
In court on Thursday, Judge Robert Holmes Bell, father of pastor and author Rob Bell, said: “I’m having a lot of trouble trying to reconcile two people in the orange jumpsuit before me.
“There’s the Christian man with a reputation as a value-driven individual. But there is something else going on that is troubling…filthy, obscene. I don’t get it. I don’t get where you went off.”
Prosecutor Assistant US Attorney Tessa K Hessmiller accused Balyo of being a “wolf in sheep’s clothing” in a sentencing memorandum.
“On the outside, he was a law-abiding, charitable, upstanding citizen. He was able to gain people’s trust, leading no one to suspect anything was amiss. But underneath the surface, he was feeding a morbid and sadistic fascination with children, creating and accumulating pedophilic materials, rehearsing a sexual kidnapping fantasy with a gun and a child-sized mannequin and meeting clandestinely in hotel rooms with young boys in bondage,” Hessmiller continued…Read More
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