Registered Sex Offender Ordained as Minister

(Louisville, Kentucky) In 1998, Mark Edward Hourigan was convicted on two counts of child sexual abuse stemming from molestation of an 11-year-old boy. Hourigan was sentenced to four years and eight months in prison and ordered to register as a sex offender for life.

Earlier this month, 41-year-old Mark Hourigan was ordained as a minister at The City of Refuge Worship Center in Germantown.

Mark Hourigan agreed to sign a letter stating he won't have unsupervised contact with children when he ministers.

For those who believe that pedophiles can be rehabilitated, making Mark Hourigan a minister is fine. For those who believe that rehabilitation of child molesters is a liberal pipe dream, making Mark Hourigan a minister simply gives him access to more potential victims. I predict that church leaders will regret their decision to ordain Mark Hourigan.