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Duke official charged in child sex case

In an undated photo provided by the Durham County Sheriff's Office, Frank Lombard is shown. The Duke University official has been arrested and charged with offering his adopted 5-year-old son for sex. Authorities said that Lombard tried to persuade a person _ who he did not know was a police officer _ to travel to North Carolina to have sex with Lombard's child. (AP Photo/Durham County Sheriff's Office)

In an undated photo provided by the Durham County Sheriff's Office, Frank Lombard is shown. The Duke University official has been arrested and charged with offering his adopted 5-year-old son for sex. Authorities said that Lombard tried to persuade a person _ who he did not know was a police officer _ to travel to North Carolina to have sex with Lombard's child. (AP Photo/Durham County Sheriff's Office)

WASHINGTON (AP) - A Duke University official has been arrested and charged with offering his adopted 5-year-old son for sex.

Frank Lombard, the school’s associate director of the Center for Health Policy, was arrested after an Internet sting, according to the FBI’s Washington field office and the city’s police department.

According to an affidavit by District of Columbia Police Det. Timothy Palchak, an unnamed informant facing charges in his own child sex case led authorities to Lombard.

Authorities said that Lombard tried to persuade a person - who he did not know was a police officer - to travel to North Carolina to have sex with Lombard’s child.

The detective’s affidavit charges Lombard identified himself online as “perv dad for fun,” and says that in an online chat with the detective, Lombard said he had sexually molested his son, whom he adopted as an infant.

The court papers say Lombard also invited the undercover detective to North Carolina to have sex with the young boy, and even suggested which hotel he should use.

Lombard was charged in federal court in Washington with attempting to induce someone to cross state lines to engage in sex with a child. If convicted, he could face a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.

Lombard’s lawyer did not immediately return a call seeking comment.

Michael Schoenfeld, vice president for public affairs at Duke, said Lombard has been employed with Duke University since 1999. He is now on unpaid administrative leave.

“Duke is cooperating with the investigation,” Schoenfeld said. He said the university was notified of the incident after Lombard was arrested.

Authorities executed a search warrant Wednesday evening at Lombard’s home, according to court documents. The papers show investigators seized two webcams, five computers and a sex toy, among other items.

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Associated Press Writer Mike Baker in Raleigh, N.C., contributed to this report.

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Comment by: sam brown Posted: June 27, 2009, 5:23 am

Another example of a former moderate university being taken over by ultra-liberals who have no boundaries or moral codes that would preclude this creep from being hired. This is the same administration that gave no support to their own lacrosse players when they were falsely accused by local prostitutes. The Duke administration backed the local District Attorney who had no valid evidence against the Duke students. The DA has lost his job but how many university administrators were fired?

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Comment by: A girl who knows his son Posted: June 27, 2009, 7:40 pm

Oh wow i never thought him of all people would do something so disgusting.I guess you never know whats going on behind closed doors

Comment by: Joe McKillan Posted: June 28, 2009, 3:10 am

Sam, in fact Frank Lombard is an ultra-conservative. He is a fan of bishop Gene Robinson (see: http://www.facebook.com/people/Frank-Lombard/1316445 )
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I never understand the hypocrisy of conservatives. The Catholic church has raped or molested millions of children, while preaching celibacy. Pro-life people murder and kill to stop abortion. It is just disgusting.
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And finally Sam, how could anyone at Duke possibly know about this? It is not that he put this kind of stuff on his resume.

Comment by: lesq Posted: June 28, 2009, 9:25 am

We can only put him away for at most 20 years? That is ridiculous! Killing him or torturing him is not the answer, for there is no punishment strong enough for this crime. Nevertheless, this guy needs to go to prison for the rest of his life so that society can be protected.

Comment by: Wm Cooper Posted: June 28, 2009, 11:50 pm

What kind of insane society allows a homo adopt children?!

Comment by: Patrick Posted: June 29, 2009, 1:32 pm

Joe,
1. Sam did not say what he thought Lombard was.
2. Sam was refering to the hipocrasy of the Duke admisitrators and faculty who are hush hush about this pedophile yet ran the lacross team out on a rail over the flimsiest of evidence.
3. Lombard was a homosexual who adopted this child and other children with his gay partner.
4. The child was black.
5. For the relavence of 3. and 4. please refer to 2.
6. The catholic church did not rape or molest millions of children. A few preists were responsible for a majority of the accusations. The number of children assualted by these preists was relatively low compared to the population at large. Meaning you were statistically safer leaving your child with a catholic priest then any random man on the street.

Comment by: Dec Posted: June 30, 2009, 12:10 am

In addition to Patrick’s excellent response to Joe McKillan - Being in favor of the death penalty is perfectly consistent with being pro-life. Abortion is murder of innocent life whereas the death penalty if morally justified killing by the state as punishment for murder. The hypocrisy is on Joe’s side. He favors taking of innocent life whereas he opposes taking of guilty life. Hypocritical and wrong.

Comment by: Concerned Posted: June 30, 2009, 2:46 am

I always hear ridiculous stories like this coming from the US.

Sorry, but im going to avoid your backward country like the plague.

Nothing but a superficial, pathetic and backward country: Blinded by the need to fulfill their own disgusting desires.

USA, i have heard some sick things coming from and done by your country, this just cuts it. You make me sick…

Comment by: Leroy Jenkins Posted: June 30, 2009, 6:02 am

ATTN Joe McKillan:
“Bishop Gene Robinson” isn’t conservative or Catholic. He’s anything but.

I think an apology is due:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Robinson

Comment by: Tom Posted: June 30, 2009, 6:24 am

Patrick:

Your other points notwithstanding, point six although true could more specifically state; children are statistically safer with a Catholic priest than a Public school teacher.

As for Mr. Lombard, statistically, molesters of prepubescent children are never rehabilitated; their rate of recidivism is 100%. People of his ilk; make the case for the death penalty, at a minimum, he should be incarcerated for the rest of his unnatural life.

Comment by: joe's dumb Posted: June 30, 2009, 8:37 am

Joe, a gay person being a fan of a gay bishop makes you an “ultraconservative”?

you, sir, are dumb.

Bruno’s adopted black “gayby” isn’t so funny anymore. I guess the audience knew what was up.

Comment by: joe's dumb Posted: June 30, 2009, 8:42 am

concerned,

Why don’t you tell us what enlightened country you’re from? Shangri-la?

I guarantee your country sucks worse.

Comment by: Claritas Posted: June 30, 2009, 8:55 am

Gee, “Concerned” - what a wonderful country you must live in. Why not tell us its name?

Comment by: dave christensen Posted: June 30, 2009, 11:51 am

All have it wrong. The blame for this lies with the socialists, liberals and most Democrats. Hate-filled, while adopting an attitude of “if it feels good, do it”, shocking behavior and heinous crimes have become the norm for them.

Comment by: Tobin Smith Posted: June 30, 2009, 6:05 pm

This guy needs the e-chair!. BTW, you Europeans impugning all Americans should mook at your own past. I will put the morality of the United States against that of the Europeans any day. 7 million plus Jewish killed and tortured, while civilians went about their days. The difference is most Americans are ready to kill this guy. Just remember Germany and Italy and Vichy France and Communist East Germany and the entire Eastern Bloc. Your outrage at us is a joke.

Comment by: Boog Posted: July 1, 2009, 7:43 am

Claritas, he never will, it’s another smug drive-by comment by an anonymous know it all. There’s 300million people here & the world is obsessed w/ USA so every random wierd news story circles the globe. I’d like to know what glorious noble perfect nation he resides in but I can’t think of one.

Comment by: JP in CA Posted: July 1, 2009, 4:27 pm

Switzerland? Anyway, trolls be damned, I’ve found data from the US DOJ (http://www.csom.org/pubs/recidsexof.html) that shows recidivism fro child molesters is 52% at most, not 100%. Please understand, people, I’m not defending them in any way. I just wanted to make sure accurate data is used.

My idea of justice is castration + prison for the first offense, death for the second.

Comment by: MyAngle Posted: July 1, 2009, 7:25 pm

So whose child should that second one be and what are you going to say to him. His permanent emotional scaring risk IS 100%

Comment by: Change Is Possible for Gays, Says Psychologist « M.G. Writers Posted: July 1, 2009, 8:08 pm

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Comment by: Kathy Liskey Posted: July 1, 2009, 9:29 pm

This wouldn’t have happened if the liberal kangaroo courts didn’t legalize homosexuals adopting children. Cases like this make one wonder about all other homosexuals who have adopted children. What are they doing to those children behind closed doors?
This “perv dad” deserves the death penalty or at least life in prison, but some liberal judge will probably give him probation.

Comment by: PKahnPie Posted: July 2, 2009, 3:43 am

Gay men adopting male children, isn’t that a clue for anyone? American’s have given up their common sense to liberalism. Gay men adopting male children! Say that a few times, maybe it will get through.

Comment by: Tony Posted: July 2, 2009, 7:42 am

Why not just replace the entire staff at Duke and do away with tenure. Then require all those hired to teach all views and listen to all opinions if they don’t fire them.

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Comment by: slappy Posted: July 2, 2009, 11:32 am

Concerned is right, we need sharia law NOW !

Comment by: Outraged Posted: July 2, 2009, 1:17 pm

First of all I would like to mention that taking one incident and applying it to all people belonging to a group is ignorance at it’s best.

More children are molested, neglected and abused by their own biological parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, brothers/sisters, cousins and even close family friends than children who are adopted. In any society you will find bad people, it is a fact. The fact that this man happened to be gay has no merit.

Male relatives of young boys who do not classify themselves as gay have been known to molest their young male relatives.

Stick to punishing the guilty and not condemning an entire group of people for the act of very few.

Comment by: Gene who? Posted: July 3, 2009, 4:06 am

Joe, when did Gene Robinson become a conservative???

It’s pretty amazing it took less than 24 hours to try to deflect this into conservative political territory, though. Nice try.

Comment by: Gene who? Posted: July 3, 2009, 4:12 am

“More children are molested, neglected and abused by their own biological parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, brothers/sisters, cousins and even close family friends than children who are adopted. In any society you will find bad people, it is a fact. The fact that this man happened to be gay has no merit.”

Actually it does have merit. You argue the problem already exists in the heterosexual (i.e., natural reproduction phase) world, hence the fact that some gays do this too is no big deal.

So: if there is a fire in the kitchen, no big deal if we simultaneously burn down the bedroom? What possible benefit to society or children comes from taking any chances with homosexual adoption just so homosexuals can feel complete? Utterly ridiculous and tragic.

Comment by: faux_outrage Posted: July 3, 2009, 5:45 am

“The Catholic church has raped or molested millions of children, while preaching celibacy.”

Utter lies, moron. Millions of children? Are you high? And is your whole family this stupid, or is it just you?

As for “Pro-life people murder and kill to stop abortion”, by my rough scorekeeping it’s some 30 or 40 million dead babies to, what, a number of so-called “doctors” you could count on one hand, minus a thumb?

Doctors could do a more beneficial function for mankind if, instead of killing infants, they’d devote their time to the dissection and study of the liberal brain, assuming it exists. Then, perhaps, treatment or a cure could be instituted to prevent its recurrence and the subsequent decline in western morality, and the increase in incipient stupidity.

Comment by: Freedom vs. Obama Posted: July 3, 2009, 6:28 am

It is odd that the author of the story never metions that he is a homosexual. I learned that from reading: http://www.thenewamerican.com/index.php/culture/family/1319

Comment by: Vic Posted: July 3, 2009, 11:43 am

For Joe McKillan:

The Duke administration knew as much about the Lacrosse player’s case as they know about this one. Looks like they’ve learned to keep their mouths shut.

And since when do ULTRA-conservatives support a gay Bishop? There are hypocrites right and left. It’s just that the media’s only interested when they’re on the right.

Comment by: From CA Posted: July 3, 2009, 10:37 pm

I agree with JP. Castration and prison! However, a 20 year maximum is NOT long enough, considering that that little boy will suffer for the rest of his life. A parent’s duty is to protect one’s children, not throw them into the lion’s den. It is utterly dispicable what he did! I also believe that intent to commit a crime should be punished just as harshly as actually committing the crime.

And being gay has nothing to do with him molesting his child. There are plenty of heterosexual men who molest their daughters.

Comment by: William Posted: July 6, 2009, 12:31 pm

To CA:

The man adopted the child! He adopted him! Then molested him! That’s a predatory act! Planned! Don’t you get it? Don’t go ‘relative’ and make comfortable comparisons!

Comment by: Vivian Posted: July 6, 2009, 9:42 pm

Outraged is the only person with an intelligent response.
Why is it that everytime something despicable happens as in this case, and it just so happens to be a gay man who allegedly commited this henious crime; it gets turned into a gay issue or an Obama issue? What does one have to do with the other?
A friend’s son was molested and murdered by a white man. I know a woman who was molested by her brother- they were white and her brother is married to a woman, so again, what does one have to do with the other?
I hope that precious little boy is now with someone who will love him and help him through the horrible reality that will one day hit him like a ton of bricks. Poor baby.

Comment by: SunnyBun Posted: July 7, 2009, 7:51 am

“Another example of a former moderate university being taken over by ultra-liberals who have no boundaries or moral codes that would preclude this creep from being hired.” (Quoted from a previous poster above)

My Response:
I know! Sometimes I just hate being an ultra-liberal and not having any moral compass or code of ethics. I mean, when I think of all the conservative, God-fearing men and women of the Moral Majority I could pattern myself after, I should just eat worms and die! Shouldn’t we all strive to obtain the rigteousness of Jim Bakker, um, I mean, Bob Barr, oh no, Ken Calvert, oops, Helen Chenoweth, gulp, Newt Gingrich, holy smokes, Philip Giordano, crikey, Neal Horsley, WTH?, Rush Limbaugh, wait, Bob Packwood, undo that last one, Dr. Laura Sclhessinger, hold on, Jimmy Swaggart, give me a minute, Strom Thurmond, how embarrassing, Jim West? H-m-m-m-m-m-m. Let’s just forget I brought this up.

Comment by: SunnyBun Posted: July 7, 2009, 8:05 am

Re: From CA statement that heterosexuals molest their daughters in greater numbers.

I don’t think that being gay has anything at all to do with this. A pedophile is a pedophile- no matter what their sexual preference. Two or three years ago we were reading in the newspapapers about a man who had adopted a five-year-old girl from Russia whom he proceeded to sexually abuse until she was rescued at the age of 11. He also adopted the little girl with the sole motive of having a sexual slave who was powerless to protect herself; just like the child in the Duke University case. I don’t think many heterosexual or gay people would want to be categorized in the same class as these monsters.

Comment by: Patrick Posted: July 9, 2009, 7:29 am

The man who first organized homosexuals as a political minority, Harry Hay, was an advocate of pedophile rights and the notorious group NAMBLA.

NAMBLA is the North American Man/Boy Love Association, a group that advocates for the legalization of sex between men and boys, and an end to all “age of consent” laws.

Hay formed the first American homosexual activist group, the Mattachine Society, in 1950. He conceived of the idea of organizing homosexuals at a time when most were afraid to even be discovered as such. Hay was also a committed Communist who married to hide his homosexuality so that he could join the Party.

He went on to found The Radical Faeries, a shamanistic spirituality movement for homosexual men. “Gay pride” parades frequently include local contingents of “Faeries” — semi-naked men prancing and dancing in variations of Native American rituals.

In the eighties and nineties, when homosexual activists began banning NAMBLA from “gay pride” parades to clean up their public image, he and other “gay” liberationists were outraged.

In 1994, Hay, then in his eighties, was among the signers of a “Spirit of Stonewall” proclamation that argued that efforts to ban NAMBLA from the New York “pride” parade violated the spirit of the original Stonewall “rebellion,” which is revered by homosexual activists as the spark of the modern “gay rights” movement. (In 1969, homosexuals and others then regarded as deviants rioted in response to a police crackdown of the Stonewall Inn in New York City.)

The Spirit of Stonewall (SOS) declaration read in part:
Stonewall was the spontaneous action of marginal people oppressed by the mainstream — of teenaged drag queens, pederasts, transsexuals, hustlers, and others despised by respectable straights and “discreet” homosexuals.

NAMBLA’s record as a responsible gay organization is well known. NAMBLA was spawned by the gay community and has been in every major gay and lesbian march. NAMBLA’s call for the abolition of age of consent is not the issue. NAMBLA is a bona fide participant in the gay and lesbian movement. NAMBLA deserves strong support in its rights of free speech and association and its members’ protection from discrimination and bashing.

More recently, Hay wrote an essay for the pederasty magazine GAYME, according to a “queer” magazine Web site. GAYME is a magazine for men who are sexually “into boys,” according to one Web reviewer. It is produced by former NAMBLA Bulletin editor Bill Andriette.

A Nexis database search of Harry Hay obits in over 30 print news outlets — including The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Associated Press and Time Magazine — turned up no mention of his pro-NAMBLA advocacy.

But I guess you’re right. The fact that Lombard was gay had nothing to do with it.

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