News Reports & Comment

Vintage 73: “Doug Wilson’s Failure to Safeguard Children”

Vintage 73

Doug Wilson’s leadership decisions directly led to the endangerment and alleged sexual abuse of a baby.

Moscow-Pullman Daily News: CPS opening investigation into Sitler family

Moscow-Pullman Daily News

Latah County Prosecuting Attorney Bill Thompson said his office has been contacted by the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare Child Protection Services and was informed that it will be opening an investigation into the family of Steven Sitler.

Moscow-Pullman Daily News: Prosecutor: New disclosures of conduct by Moscow sex offender are ‘state’s worst fears’

Moscow-Pullman Daily News

A Latah County 2nd District Court judge ordered Tuesday that a convicted sex offender, Steven Sitler, must continue to have an approved chaperone present, within his direct line of sight, at all times he is around his infant child in the wake of new disclosures of “contact resulting in actual sexual stimulation.”

Moscow-Pullman Daily News: Convicted sex offender granted permission to live with his child

Moscow-Pullman Daily News

A former New Saint Andrews College student convicted of lewd conduct with a minor in 2006 obtained permission Friday to continue living with his young son until another hearing reviewing the terms and conditions of his probation is held Sept. 1.

Moscow-Pullman Daily News: Christ Church minister explains opposition to same-sex marriage

Moscow-Pullman Daily News

Christ Church minister explains opposition to same-sex marriage By Terri Harber, Daily News staff writer Christ Church Senior Minister Douglas Wilson authors a blog called “Blog & Mablog: Theology That Bites Back,” so it’s expected his writings are meant to . . .

[Vision2020] Status Hearing Steven Sitler

Moscow Vision 2020

This morning I sat in a nearly empty courtroom and listened to arguments regarding the June 11th marriage of Steven Sitler and Katie Travis. The Department of Corrections unambiguously stated that they did not support this marriage. . . .

[Vision2020] Sitler Travis Wedding

Moscow Vision 2020

About a month ago I published an email on V2020 addressed to Doug Wilson and his elders regarding the forthcoming marriage of Steven Sitler and Katie Travis. I specifically named the elders so that in their daily out and about in Moscow you would know who they are and what they represent. Now, I will answer some of the questions that I (rhetorically) asked them. (They didn’t bother to answer me.) A degree of culpability for supporting this sacrilegious “marriage” covers all of them, but some actors are more deeply involved than others. . . .

His View: Can Larry Craig no longer even blush? — Ed Iverson

Daily News Opinion

There’s no accounting for some things. A fool in love will commonly exhibit the fervent abandonment of any and all forms of logic and reason. Otherwise sane men and women forgo the better judgment of the brain to follow the fanciful caprices of the heart. Even more inexplicable is the behavior of someone ruled by passions south of the heart. The outcome tends to be increasingly deplorable as conduct is informed by impulses located further and further down the body. . . .

Moscow–Pullman Daily News: Judge amends Sitler’s conditions of probation

Moscow-Pullman Daily News

Convicted sex offender Steven Sitler’s conditions of probation were amended Friday at a court date originally scheduled as an evidentiary hearing. . . . Thompson said Sitler’s actions that prompted the arrest were a lapse, not a relapse. Lapses are expected as sex offenders go through treatment. . . .