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  • Pastor's paddle leads to assault charge

    03/02/2007 8:00:12 AM PST · by Sopater · 81 replies · 1,325+ views
    KATU 2 - Portland, OR ^ | Mar 1, 2007 at 8:27 AM PST | Anita Kissee and KATU Web Staff
    ALBANY, Ore. - The arrest of an Albany pastor on assault charges stemming from the spanking of his son with a paddle has raised the issue of corporal discipline and child abuse. Pastor David Lee Fink of the Potter's House Christian Fellowship in Albany was charged with assault after police say his 17-year-old son called authorities to report an incident involving his younger brother and his father. Police say they found "extreme" red marks, welts and bruising on the buttocks, thighs and arm of Fink's 13-year-old son on Monday. Police took a 16-inch wooden paddle into evidence. The cracked paddle...