Priest found guilty of indecent exposure [Fr. Bob Whipkey, the naked jogging priest]

The Greeley Tribune ^ | June 12, 2008 | David Young

[Alex Murphy]

It took a jury less than three hours to find a priest guilty of indecent exposure for jogging naked.

Whipkey and his defense attorney Harvey Steinberg did not comment following the verdict.

Around 6:30 p.m. today jurors reached the verdict in the trial of Rev. Robert Whipkey, 53, who told Frederick police officer Zacheria Hahn in June of 2007 he was jogging nude early in the morning at the high school track because he sweats profusely.

Whipkey’s defense attorney Harvey Steinberg argued Whipkey did not intend to show his genitals to the public.

Prosecutors said Whipkey’s excuse of sweating too much didn’t hold water.

Whipkey’s sentencing is Aug. 11 in Weld County Court. He faces anywhere from probation to 18 months in jail a possible fine of $500-$5,000 and may have to register as a sex offender.

[Alex Murphy]

Prior articles, in chronological order:
Naked truth: Priest jogs in birthday suit
Colo. priest charged for jogging naked
Priest faced prior nudity allegations
Jogging in (less than) brief
Jury will decide priest’s guilt [naked jogging priest case goes to trial]
Priest caught naked pleads not guilty to indecent exposure
Priest’s pre-trial hearing delayed [Father Bob Whipkey, the naked jogging priest]
Judge suppresses priest’s statement [Father Bob Whipkey, the naked jogging priest]
Trial For Suspected Naked Jogging Priest Begins
Witnesses: Priest often in the nude [Fr. Bob Whipkey, the naked jogging priest, on trial]

[SeaHawkFan]

Too bad he wasn’t doing this in Boulder. He would have been acquitted.

[beaversmom]

Dirty old bastard.

[valkyry1]

I dont get it (for sure).

I used to do some long distance jogging (12 to 18 miles) and I always found that some cloth on my upper/lower body really helped because the sweat would go off into the cloth and evaporate there.

I was never into the running shoes though. I could go with the best runners and their outfits on JC Pennys 6$/12$ running shoes or I liked best well fitting sandals and a pair of worn out sweat pants.

Obviously this poor soul has some very serious issues to confront.

[Global2010]

Bob Whipkey.

ohhh Kay.

What’s the chance that the naked jogging Father can ask for a transfer to a nudist camp?

That might be a first.

[NaughtiusMaximus]

The floors of Hell are paved with the skulls of priests — Old Catholic Saying.

[Squeako]

Please tell me he wore the collar.

[A.A. Cunningham]

The ball, no pun intended, is now in Chaput’s court.

[Augustinian monk]

Please tell me he wore the collar.

Unfortunately, that was all he wore.

[Dr. Eckleburg]

LOLOL!

[Alex Murphy]

[Imagine this man jogging naked
around your kids' high school]

There's been a lot of press coverage re the "guilty" verdict, much of it repetitive. The Longmont Times-Call gave us the above picture of the perp [blurb is mine], and quoted Whipkey's (failed) defense argument:

During opening arguments, Steinberg told jurors that Whipkey never meant for anyone to see him naked.

“When no one else is out, he’s walking down the street. And as soon as someone sees him, he covers up,” Steinberg said.

The Denver Post's short article quoted the prosecutor's response, in what I think is the defining quote for Fr. Bob Whipkey's actions:

Whipkey walked the length of three football fields, past 21 homes, near a preschool and several businesses with no clothes and no regard for anyone else as dawn broke June 22, 2007, said Weld County prosecutor Steven Wrenn. This was after Whipkey jogged nude around the track at Frederick High School.

It took the jury less than three hours to decide what to do with him. It's been almost exactly one year since his admission "I know what I did was wrong", and a decade since his boys' camp antics, and his archdiocese still hasn't decided what to do.

There's a lesson in there somewhere.

Fr. Bob Whipkey will face his sentencing on August 11th.

[red irish]

I thought it was Bishops? And I am Catholic too.

[Dr. Eckleburg]

It took the jury less than three hours to decide what to do with him. It's been almost exactly one year since his admission "I know what I did was wrong", and a decade since his boys' camp antics, and his archdiocese still hasn't decided what to do. There's a lesson in there somewhere.

Astounding. And some wonder why this problem never goes away in the RCC; it only gets more blatant and more obvious and more satanic until one day it will consume it.

[NaughtiusMaximus]

I thought it was Bishops? And I am Catholic too.

It might be Bishops for all I know. My grandfather used to say that but that was 40 years ago and he was speaking Slovenian. My translation skills, never too great, are rusty.

[A.A. Cunningham]

Outrageous exaggeration is a form of false witness for which you will have to answer for someday soon. One wonders what your ledger is going to look like on the day of your particular judgment.

[Revolting cat!]

Tomorrow's headline today:

Whipkey Whips It Out!

[Dr. Eckleburg]

One wonders what your ledger is going to look like on the day of your particular judgment.

Thankfully, by merciful grace alone, "my ledger" will read "paid-in-full" by Jesus Christ, the only propitiation capable of paying for my transgressions.

No "another Christ." No "co-redeemer."

"Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law;

Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.

By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins:

But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;

From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool.

For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.

Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before,

This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;

And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.

Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin." -- HEBREWS 10:8-18

[Alex Murphy]

[Imagine this face, sweating profusely.]

We have a new photo, found in the Greeley Tribune article about the verdict. I'm guessing it's a booking photo?

[Dr. Eckleburg]

He sure doesn’t look like “another Christ” to me.