James Bell confessed his crimes

[Jaded]

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A Shelby County man is also behind bars after admitting to sexually molesting a child.

According to Kentucky State Police, 47-year-old James Bell walked into the Shelby County Detention Center and said he wanted to confess a crime. Bell told a KSP trooper that he had sexual encounters with a juvenile on multiple occasions back in 2007.

Bell was arrested and charged with sodomy, sexual abuse and wanton endangerment. He is now being held at the Shelby County Detention Center.

State police say the investigation is ongoing and other charges are pending.

http://www.wave3.com/global/story.asp?s=9601782

[Peeperann]

Well now, if this could just start a trend, we could get em all!

[vipjohnson]

Some would think that a 'man of faith' would be concerned with spreading a deadly disease but unfortunately, not for Rev. James Bell. Thankfully, he was an honest preacher.

"James Howard Bell, 47, is in custody in Shelby County, facing charges of sexual abuse, sodomy and wanton endangerment. State police said the case against Bell began when he turned himself in.

According to an arrest citation obtained by WLKY, Bell went to police and confessed to several sexual encounters with a 15-year-old.
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James Bell Faces Sexual Abuse, Sodomy Charges
By Stephanie Segretto/WLKY

POSTED: 3:28 pm EST January 5, 2009
UPDATED: 5:58 pm EST January 5, 2009


SHELBYVILLE, Ky. -- More information about the arrest of a Shelbyville pastor charged with sexual abuse has become public, including his HIV status.

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James Howard Bell, 47, is in custody in Shelby County, facing charges of sexual abuse, sodomy and wanton endangerment. State police said the case against Bell began when he turned himself in. According to an arrest citation obtained by WLKY, Bell went to police and confessed to several sexual encounters with a 15-year-old.

"He apparently probably had thought at some point in time someone was going to come to us before he did," said Kentucky State Trooper Ronald Turley.

Bell's church, the Refuge Temple Church of God in Christ, has issued no comment on the case, and Bell denied our request for an interview.

As the case moves forward, neighbors said they will have several people on their minds -- Bell's wife and his three children."

Thankfully, he didn't claim that the devil made him do it.:mad22::nono:

[weavergroupie]

Are the neighbors also going to have the 15 yo on their minds as well?
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Poor kid, to be a victim of sexual abuse AND by someone with HIV.

Damn.

[vipjohnson]

Besides sexual abuse and sodomy, Bell is also facing an endangerment charge. Police would not release the details of the case, but according to court documents, Bell confessed that he "knowingly withheld the fact that he is HIV positive from the juvenile and did not use protection during these encounters."

For those who knew Bell, they said it's hard to imagine he would be facing charges for anything, especially this.

"I still don't believe it," Simons said.

Bell's church, the Refuge Temple Church of God in Christ, has issued no comment on the case, and Bell declined to be interviewed.

http://www.theindychannel.com/news/18417171/detail.html:questionmark:

[petrina]

Kentucky Revised Statutes Annotated Section 529.090 provides that: Any person who commits, offers, agrees to commit or procures another to commit prostitution by engaging in sexual activity in a manner likely to transmit HIV and who, prior to the commission of the crime, had tested positive for HIV and knew or had been informed that he had tested positive and that he could possibly communicate the disease to another through sexual activity is guilty of a class D felony. (at least one but not more than 5 years)

usually 1-5 per occurrence but idk