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Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Local pastor's quest to be removed from sex offender's registry — denied
Posted By Mustang Sally, Mayor of Bang Town on Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 3:14 PM
North Carolina doesn't have the greatest record when it comes to protecting women. It's a misdemeanor to hit a woman, but a felony to hit an animal. But, a judge in Gaston County got it right this week when he denied the request of a preacher, who is a registered sex offender, to be removed from the sex offender registry because it is hurting his ministry.
According to NewsChannel36, Thomas Lee Cavender, a Bessemer City pastor, has been on the registry for a decade.
The women wept Monday afternoon as they described memories of molestation and pleaded with a judge to keep Thomas Lee Cavender on the National Sex Offender Registry.The 60-year-old Cavender is a self-described preacher and evangelist who has been on the registry for 10 years after a conviction on sexual battery and a brief stint in prison.
One woman told Cavender she forgave him but didn't want him to become a threat to others.
Gaston County Superior Court Judge Jesse Caldwell denied Cavenders' request for at least another year.
Score one for North Carolina women.
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