UPDATED: Balyo has admitted to raping a second boy. Via the Detroit Free Press:
Balyo admitted today in U.S. District Court in Grand Rapids. "I performed sex acts as described. I knew it was wrong.'' Balyo and Ronald Lee Moser paid the boy for his involvement in the April 19th assault. His hands and feet were handcuffed and he was tied to the bed, according to courtroom statements today. While bound, Balyo took nine photos of the boy, first in his underwear and then naked. The boy's family wept in the back of the sixth floor courtroom as details of the assault were told to Magistrate Ellen Carmody during today's plea hearing.
The husband teases me at times, but one thing I do like to do is expose hypocrisy via this blog - or at least help make sure stories of hypocrisy get a wider readership. No one provides more fodder for exposing hypocrisy than today's Republicans and the "godly Christians" to whom the GOP prostitutes itself unceasingly. The latter category includes John Balyo, a Christian radio host, who is facing between 15 and 50 years in prison. Why you might ask? Because Balyo is to be sentenced in November on charges of sexual exploitation of a child - a 12 year old boy - and possession of child pornography. The Raw Story looks at this story which is all to familiar to those who follow the misdeeds of the "godly folk":
A 34-year-old former Michigan Christian radio host pleaded guilty on Tuesday of sexually assaulting a 12-year-old boy and storing images of the attack on his computer, WOOD-TV reported.
John Balyo faces between 15 and 50 years in prison when he is sentenced in November on charges of sexual exploitation of a child and possession of child pornography. He also faces additional charges from prosecutors in nearby Calhoun County for first-degree criminal sexual conduct.
Balyo admitted to meeting the boy through another man, identified by Mlive.com as 42-year-old Ronald Moser, in a hotel room in Kalamazoo this past April and paying the boy in cash for the encounter.
“I performed a sexual act as described and I knowingly possessed the images on my camera,” Balyo was quoted as saying. “I knew it was wrong.”
The charge against Balyo in Calhoun County stems from a search last month of a storage unit he was renting. According to WOOD, investigators found a “bondage kit” inside the unit, as well as children’s costumes and socks and an adult publication with sections related to child pornography highlighted. Balyo admitted to assaulting the boy following the search.
He was fired from his job at WCSG-FM, where he worked as a morning show host, following his arrest.
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