From The Virginian-Pilot, 6/7/08:
http://hamptonroads.com/2008/06/former-regent-assistant-dean-faces-***ual-assault-charges
Former Regent assistant dean faces ***ual assault charges
By Matthew Bowers
Tim McGlone
CHESAPEAKE
A former Regent University law school assistant dean has been indicted
on 13 felony ***ual assault charges involving two girls, according to
court records.
The allegations against Stephen L. McPherson, 39, of Chesapeake
include object ***ual penetration, forcible sodomy, and taking
indecent liberties with a child by a custodian.
The charges, re****ted to Chesapeake police in July 2007, stem from
events between May 2000 and May 2002, according to the indictments
handed up Tuesday by a Chesapeake grand jury.
The girls' ages weren't available Friday.
A conviction on the penetration charge is punishable by up to life in
prison.
McPherson and his wife worked from August 1996 to August 2000 as house
parents supervising a cottage of as many as eight girls at Hope Haven
Children's Home on North Landing Road in Virginia Beach, said Linda
Jones, a spokeswoman for Union Mission Ministries, which operates the
home.
Hope Haven, founded in 1965, provides Christian-based care for
children from "distressed family situations," according to its Web
site.
McPherson is a grandson of the Rev. Theodore Bashford, executive
director of the ministries for 52 years, Jones said Friday.
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