Former NH priest sentenced on molestation charge
Fairfax County Circuit Judge Michael Devine sentenced Felix Owino on Friday to five years, but suspended all but nine months of the sentence, according to the court clerk’s office. Owino already has served seven months. Owino pleaded guilty in September NECN · 35 minutes ago
W.Va. priest sentenced on molestation conviction
Fairfax County Circuit Judge Michael Devine sentenced Felix Owino on Friday to five years, but suspended all but nine months of the sentence, according to the court clerk’s office. Owino already has served seven months. Owino pleaded guilty in September NECN · 53 minutes ago
Priest Who Sexually Abused Girl Gets Suspended Sentence; Will Serve 1 1/2 Months
A former local priest will serve less than two more months in jail for sexual assaulting a child in Virginia. Rev. Felix Owino pleaded guilty in September to inappropriately touching an 11-year-old girl last year in Fairfax. WTOV 9 · 2 hours ago
Former Ohio Valley Priest Sentenced for Sexual Assault Against Child
FAIRFAX, Va. — A local priest is sentenced for sexual assault in a Fairfax, Va. courtroom. Father Felix Owino was sentenced Friday to five years, with all but nine months suspended. Owino was credited for the seven The State Journal · 1 hour agoFormer WV Priest Sentenced For Virginia Crime
Fr. Felix C. Owino was sentenced to five years and nine months in prison after a previous guilty to plea to aggravated sexual battery involving an 11-year-old girl. The judge suspended five years of the sentence and ordered Owino to jail for nine months.Metro News · 2 hours ago
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I have followed Fr. Felix’s case with a lot of intrest and I must confess that the way it was dealt with left a lot to be desired. The whole problem was a cultural problem not child abuse as it is reported. Fr. Felix visited family friends. He was offered beer which he took and then saw an eleven year girl of the family crying. He tried to console the girl as it is often done in his home country Kenya but this was interpreted as “improper touching” and then later “sexual abuse.” Truth will set us free.
Yes. He did not set her up in predator fashion. His sentence seems light, which supports his being seen as a lesser threat, it seems. He was stopped immediately when the child (apparently) shot out of the room. We rightly do not wish to minimize the shock to the child, but Fr. O. has not fit the profile, to judge by news accounts, and this cultural-shift explanation has the ring at least of plausibility.
Jim Bowman Oak Park, IL http://www.jimbowman.com