AP Bernie Ward

SAN FRANCISCO —  A former San Francisco radio talk show host and Roman Catholic priest was sentenced to more than seven years in prison Thursday for distributing child pornography.

Bernie Ward, 57, pleaded guilty in May to one count of distributing child pornography. Prosecutors said investigators found dozens of pornographic images of children as young as 3 on Ward’s home computer, including masochistic images of children bound and gagged.

"He traded in the currency of children’s suffering," federal prosecutor Steve Grocki said.

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Ward, a father of four known for his staunchly liberal views, hosted a nightly radio show until the station fired him when the child pornography indictment was made public in December.

A Stanislaus County woman who exchanged sexually explicit Internet messages with him called police after Ward sent her a photograph of two children engaged in a sex act.

She also provided police with transcripts of a conversation where Ward said he was aroused when his daughter walked in the bathroom while he showered, according to court documents.

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"I find it extremely troubling that a parent would say the things he wrote in those messages," U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker said before sentencing him to seven years and three months.

Ward’s attorney, Doron Weinberg, had argued for five years, the mandatory minimum prison sentence. He cited numerous letters of support Ward received after pleading guilty and Ward’s volunteer work.

Weinberg has said Ward downloaded the child porn for journalistic research.

"It’s clear that it ended in a dark place," Weinberg said. "Bernie Ward is a good man."

Editorial Response…

I am not sure what is worse – Bernie Ward described as a former talk show host and Roman Catholic Priest with liberal views distributing pornography or Bernie Ward deserving a gentle slap on the hands because of his volunteer work, journalistic research and the fact that he is described as a "good man?"

One thing I do know. Bernie Ward is not a "father". He is a pervert, fornicator and above all, anything but "a good man."

Spiritually, he is a "dead-man walking" and has not the Spirit of Christ Jesus in him. He deserves, under the law of government, punishment to the fullest extent. He also deserves, under the Laws of God, eternal damnation too…

 

"Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever." I John 2:15-17

 

What is God’s desire for this very lost soul? What should my response be toward this evil man and his destructive ways?

 

"But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners? And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are whole need not a physician; but they that are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance." Luke 5:30-32

 

Dear Father God, I hate the evil that this man does, as You do. I also realize that, except for your mercy and grace toward me – I was also in danger of your deserved wrath. I pray then, that you speak to Mr. Ward in his rebellion and that he responds toward your offer of forgiveness with true repentance and faith. You take no pleasure in his destruction but desire he be saved from hell by your Son’s finished work on Calvary! Oh, that he come to Jesus Christ while there is still a little time left, crying out to Him for forgiveness of his many wicked sins!

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