Monday, April 11, 2011

Porn-addicted Pentecostal dad admits to sexually abusing 3-year-old girl (Victoria, Australia)

This time the daddy is CRAIG JOHN COLEMAN.

http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/pornaddict-christian-father-admits-abusing-3yearold-20110411-1db3m.html

Porn-addict Christian father admits abusing 3-year-old Adrian Lowe
April 12, 2011

A COMMITTED Christian father has told a court his sex and pornography addictions are to blame for him molesting a three-year-old girl.

Craig John Coleman, 28, attacked the girl when she was at his house last year. He said he was attracted to under-age girls after becoming addicted to child pornography.

He pleaded guilty to three counts of sexual penetration of a child under 16 and four counts of committing an indecent act with a child.

Prosecutor Michelle Zammit told the County Court there were two occasions of abuse.

Ms Zammit said the full extent of the abuse was revealed by Coleman in his record of interview after police seized his diary, which contained a confession.

In a victim impact statement read to the court, the victim's mother said her daughter had developed a fear of men, including her grandfathers, and had displayed sexual behaviour.

''We are so worried about her,'' the mother wrote. ''I have never felt so protective of my children. We can only hope and pray this will not have a long-term effect on my daughter. It just breaks my heart.''

Coleman, a member of a western suburbs Pentecostal congregation, told the court he was addicted to sex and adult and child pornography.

Coleman's wife - due to give birth to their second son - has returned to New Zealand since he was charged.

Judge Frances Millane adjourned the hearing to next month.