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State says murder suspect planned to wed boyfriend
ABP News ^ | 1/17/2014 | Bob Allen

Posted on 01/17/2014 3:53:17 PM PST by wonkowasright

Prosecutors say a former minister at First Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala., charged with his wife’s murder, was trying to leave the country prior to his Jan. 1 arrest to marry his boyfriend.

The latest twist in a story that has received worldwide media attention came Jan. 16 in a bond hearing for Richard Shahan, 53, who resigned recently as children and families pastor and facilities director at First Baptist, reportedly to head overseas for three years of mission work in Europe and Central Asia.

Prosecutors said information gleaned from more than 3,000 of Shahan’s e-mails indicate he was planning to leave the United States for good, ultimately moving to the United Kingdom.

"He planned to become a citizen there and begin a new life with his boyfriend ... who he intended to marry," Deputy Jefferson County District Attorney Leigh Gwathney said, according to the Birmingham News. "He had no intention of ever returning to the United States. He had no home to return to and he had said his goodbyes to his family."

(Excerpt) Read more at abpnews.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; US: Alabama
KEYWORDS: alabama; baptist; crime; domesticviolence; gaystapotactics; homosexualagenda; homosexuality; lavendermafia; lovetriangle; marriage; misogynist; murder; waronwomen
Just wow.....
1 posted on 01/17/2014 3:53:17 PM PST by wonkowasright
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To: wonkowasright

homoism is a mental illness


2 posted on 01/17/2014 3:55:46 PM PST by GeronL (Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
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To: wonkowasright

Art Linkletter had it right...people ARE funny.


3 posted on 01/17/2014 3:56:57 PM PST by gorush (History repeats itself because human nature is static)
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To: wonkowasright

You have to wonder that no one ever noticed that there was something wrong with the guy. How was he able to stay in a position of authority.

Granted, you may not know the depth of the problem if he hasn’t yet snapped. But most people have some radar for weird.


4 posted on 01/17/2014 4:00:08 PM PST by marron
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To: wonkowasright

In what decade of his short life did he discover he was not attracted to women?


5 posted on 01/17/2014 4:13:40 PM PST by Jim from C-Town (The government is rarely benevolent, often malevolent and never benign!)
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To: Jim from C-Town

Probably kept up appearances to fatten his bank account before doing the deed.


6 posted on 01/17/2014 4:17:20 PM PST by Bayard
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To: wonkowasright

Let me guess... a mega-”church.”


7 posted on 01/17/2014 4:41:06 PM PST by fwdude ( You cannot compromise with that which you must defeat.)
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To: wonkowasright

Check out the picture with the story. It looks to me like maybe this guy has already started hormone treatments...??

It could be he has just lost a bunch of weight recently, but....


8 posted on 01/17/2014 5:16:17 PM PST by JoeDetweiler
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To: Jim from C-Town

The two are not mutually exclusive.

Liberace was in a decades long homosexual relationship, yet also continued to cavort with prostitutes in Amsterdam most of his life.


9 posted on 01/17/2014 5:23:44 PM PST by MrEdd (Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
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To: JoeDetweiler

Brother - bad advice!

Be prepared to toss your lunch after checking out the photo. Just nauseating.


10 posted on 01/17/2014 5:23:54 PM PST by warsaw44
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To: wonkowasright

Why kill his wife rather than just obtain a divorce? Other than narcissism.


11 posted on 01/17/2014 6:04:41 PM PST by Valpal1 (If the police can t solve a problem with violence, they ll find a way to fix it with brute force)
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To: fwdude
7 Let me guess... a mega-”church.”

First Baptist Church Brimingham

January 17, 2014
The First Baptist family is saddened by the news and circumstances surrounding the murder of Karen Shahan. We trust and pray that truth and justice will prevail.

The church was founded in 1872 in BHM, AL. It is affilated with the SBC. It moved to its current location during the 1980s. It is a large church. My SWAG would be an ASA (average Sunday attendance) of 400. It would not fall in my claissification of a "mega-church", i.e., non-denominational, arena worship hall, praise music accompanied by an electric band.

12 posted on 01/17/2014 6:48:32 PM PST by MacNaughton
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To: Valpal1
Why kill his wife rather than just obtain a divorce? Other than narcissism.

Economics?

13 posted on 01/17/2014 6:49:50 PM PST by Pearls Before Swine
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To: MacNaughton

You’re right, 400 average Sunday attendence, is not “mega”.


14 posted on 01/17/2014 7:30:13 PM PST by Graybeard58 (_.. ._. .. _. _._ __ ___ ._. . ___ ..._ ._ ._.. _ .. _. .)
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To: MacNaughton

Thanks for the clarification.


15 posted on 01/18/2014 2:46:43 AM PST by fwdude ( You cannot compromise with that which you must defeat.)
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To: MacNaughton

Thanks for the clarification.


16 posted on 01/18/2014 2:46:44 AM PST by fwdude ( You cannot compromise with that which you must defeat.)
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