Big Brother Director Big Child Molester

(Newark, Ohio) The former director of Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Licking and Perry Counties, James Russell, pled guilty to 25 felony sex abuse charges and no contest to four rape counts.

The 29 counts against Russell -- four rape, eight gross sexual imposition, 11 sexual battery and six corruption of a minor -- carry a maximum prison sentence of 144 years, although prosecutors are expected to only ask for 10 years in prison.

"We're doing this because of this defendant's age," Licking County Prosecutor Robert Becker said. "This man is 66 years old."

This begs the question as to what age would a felon have to be for the prosecutor to ask for no prison time.

Interestingly, another mentor from the central Ohio organization, Scott Wagner, was sentenced last year to 89 years in prison for sexually abusing 11 boys. This kind of makes me wonder if recently defrocked clergy aren't finding a new home in Big Brothers/Big Sisters.