Online postings describe struggle with sexual urges ("Christian Pedophile" foster dad)

Police say a Pierce County foster dad charged with molesting and photographing young boys in his care posted messages in an Internet newsgroup catering to Christian pedophiles, saying he struggled "minute by minute" with his urges and describing himself as a "boylover that has devoted my life to boys and introducing the love of Christ to them."

Tacoma Police Detective Richard Voce yesterday confirmed that 41-year-old Ronald Harold Young used the Internet identity "Homeanon" to write of his battle with his sexual urges for children, and counseled other struggling pedophiles in a "Christian" forum on religion and their pedophilia.

Young also used that identity to post dozens of pornographic photographs in another pedophile-oriented newsgroup, police said. Many of the pictures were of his foster children, and some were so graphic that they offended others in the group.

Young, a licensed foster parent, was arrested last week at his house in Home, on the Key Peninsula, and has been charged with 30 counts of first-degree child rape, eight counts of sexual exploitation of a minor and six counts of first-degree child molestation.

Voce said detectives believe the pseudonym Homeanon refers to Young's residence in Home, as well as his desire to remain anonymous.

A newsgroup is a discussion forum on the Internet in which people post messages and respond to messages posted by others. Most newsgroups, also known as electronic bulletin boards, address just one topic, such as a hobby or a specific health issue. Participants can also share files, such as photographs, with others in the newsgroup. There are tens of thousands of newsgroups on the Internet on just about every topic imaginable. Newsgroups differ from chat rooms in that chatrooms are discussions between people in "real time."

According to some members of his family, Young became "super-religious" in recent years, right around the time he applied for and received a foster-parent license from the Department of Social and Health Services.

On Dec. 1, 2003, Homeanon joined a debate in a "Christian" pedophile newsgroup over whether there is biblical justification for pedophilia or homosexuality.

"Married for over 20 years, I still find boys attractive in a lustful way and can only remove those thoughts with praises to our loving God," he wrote. He concluded, after a lengthy analysis, that "homosexual desire is unnatural because it causes a man to abandon the natural sexual compliment God has ordained for him a woman."

In another posting Jan. 16, Homeanon responded to a pedophile who opined that a man who has sexual urges for children should confront his temptations.

"I do not think an alcoholic should hang out in a bar, a boylover probably should not take on a Boy Scout troop without examining his true motives," Homeanon wrote.

Charging papers state that the first pornographic photos of some of the six foster children in Young's care clearly showing a sex act were posted to the Internet by Young under another identity, "fosterdad," on Sept. 10, 2003, more than two months before he posted his missive on the Christian forum.

On Sept. 16, 2003, Homeanon appeared in another newsgroup that caters to pedophiles.

A few days later, he wondered in that newsgroup "how safe is this. to post or not to post. That is my dilema. Much to lose."

About every six weeks, Homeanon posted a series of photographs, some with a theme and many of sex acts between men and boys, or other degrading acts involving children.

"Please note that I have only posted these Beautiful pictures and that I DO NOT know these boys," he wrote Dec. 2, 2003.

The charges against Young state that police have recovered the camera that took the photographs and have identified Young and some of the foster children in the photographs.

Homeanon's appearance in one group created quite a stir. While many of its members urged him to keep posting new photographs, a few took offense at some of the more graphic photographs.

In a posting in February, one group member complained about a photograph that appeared sadistic.

"I posted that pic," responded Homeanon, who added that the "photographer would NEVER hurt this boy."

Voce, the Tacoma detective, said Young "may be telling the truth" about a longtime battle with sexual urges. Homeanon and the photographs appeared late last summer, Voce said.

Young, he said, found solace in the pedophile newsgroups. "It's common that people like this will seek validation. And what better place to find it than among those with similar likes and dislikes?" he said.

Richard Packard, the president of the Washington state chapter of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, reviewed some of Homeanon's writings. He said the use of religious language shows an attempt to create a moral justification for behavior Young knew to be wrong.

"To me, it's indicative that there is a struggle and an awareness of the wrongfulness. His use of the term 'boylover' is a frequently used term among homosexual pedophiles to pasteurize their behavior, to turn it into something that's kinda nice," he said.

Efforts to treat offenders rise or fall on their willingness to abandon the religious moralization, Packard said.

DSHS spokeswoman Kathy Spears said the agency would not comment on Young's case or release records until the conclusion of police and DSHS investigations, which could take several weeks.

Spears said DSHS does not have the manpower to monitor Internet activity in its 6,300 licensed foster homes.

Meanwhile, records show that Ronald Young's stepfather was involved in a child-molestation case in 1989. Harold Young pleaded guilty to two counts of child rape in Skagit County Superior Court and was sentenced to two years and 10 months in prison.

Police and prosecutors said Harold Young raped his two step-granddaughters (the children of Ronald Young's older sister) between January 1988 and January 1989, when the girls were 11 and 7 years old. At the time, Harold Young and his wife were managing the Skagit Valley Mobile Manor, a mobile-home park.

"He used his status as a grandfather and then scared my daughters with his threats if they told me or anyone else," the girls' mother wrote in a statement filed with the Skagit County prosecuting attorney in December 1989. "It has left a lasting effect on me and both my daughters. They will have to grow up with this haunting them, and I feel it will keep them from leading a normal adult life when it comes to marriage and children."

Roy Jamison, who has lived at the Mount Vernon mobile-home park for 17 years, said that he knew the Youngs and that Ronald took over as manager at the park for a couple of years after Harold was arrested.

Ronald Young's mother, who lives in Alabama, said her husband's case has "nothing to do with Ronald."

Seattle Times staff reporter Christine Willmsen contributed to this report. Mike Carter: 206-464-3706 or mcarter@seattletimes.com

There will be a special corner of Hell reserved for this demon-filled sub-human. How many young lives has he destroyed to fulfill his selfish desires? After castrating him, he should be put in a cell with other like perverts. Unfortunately, this took place in Washington State, so he'll probably get 6 months, with time off for good behavior. We actually had a judge here (Gary Little) who was a similar pervert.

The "Christian Pedophile" description is particularly offensive to me. It's like the group "Hookers for Christ". Never was, never could be such a group.

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Homeanon joined a debate in a "Christian" pedophile newsgroup over whether there is biblical justification for pedophilia or homosexuality.

This is just so much Bravo Sierra.

This is like the woman who said that God told her to kill her two sons and leave the third one permanently brain-damaged by hitting them with rocks. How did she know it was God, did she check caller ID?

At some point, you realize that the evilness of people like this is so great that they know perfectly well that God had nothing to do with their crimes, but they want to pin the blame on Him anyway.

May their defiant unbelief be corrected in the clear light of an eternity in Hell.

I agree with you. There is not, and cannot be, any such thing as a "Christian pedophile." The writer of this article demonstrated a bigotry against Christians by using this phrase without explanation.

The Lord said, "Suffer the little children to come unto me." Nothing in that leaves room for sick freaks who rape children. This is not a debatable issue. A competent reporter would have followed up on this reprehensible phrase.

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Note that his stepfather was an abuser. He was probably abused himself, that seems to be a common background of pedophiles. It's very difficult to understand these people, or why they can't control their urges. They don't seem to respond well to treatment, which means removing them from society is the only option.

The left just loves to point out that this person says that he is a Christian. One thing I have learned in a harsh way is that the world hated God before it ever hated us, and it and Satan hates us. I find comfort in that.

"boylover that has devoted my life to boys and introducing the love of Christ to them."

In NO way, shape or form is this deviant a Christian. How can HE introduce the love of Christ to others when he LACKS it? This is nothing more than heretical blasphemy of an unsaved and very troubled soul hiding under the guise of being labeled a "Christian".

Homeanon joined a debate in a "Christian" pedophile newsgroup over whether there is biblical justification for pedophilia or homosexuality.

Presumably a rather short discussion.

"It's like the group "Hookers for Christ"."

Mary Magdalene? Just thought that was funny in an ironic sort of way. I'm not going to comment on the actual article, though, because...well, just because.

It's like the group "Hookers for Christ"

Mary Magdalene?

Make that EX-Hookers for Christ.

"Voce, the Tacoma detective, said Young "may be telling the truth" about a longtime battle with sexual urges."

So what?!?!?! What is that supposed to prove?

an Internet newsgroup catering to Christian pedophiles,

For years, we've had "barf alerts" on FR, but the concept of such a site turned my stomach like nothing else I have ever read here. I feel like doing the world a favor by kicking whoever who created that site in the nuts with steel-toed boots.

I better pray for calm now. It's hard to type with clenched fists.

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