COLORADO SPRINGS: Orthodox Anglican Rector Accepts Plea to Single Misdemeanor
COLORADO SPRINGS: Orthodox Anglican Rector Accepts Plea Offer to Single Misdemeanor Charge
Prosecutor drops 20 felony counts against Fr. Don Armstrong
By David W. Virtue
www.virtueonline.org
Sept. 18, 2010
Fr. Don Armstrong, rector of St. George's Anglican Church and formerly rector of Grace & St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, pled no contest to a single misdemeanor charge on Friday in Colorado Fourth Judicial Court, bringing to a conclusion an almost five year investigation and prosecution of Armstrong, the former Executive Director of the Anglican Communion Institute.
"The plea to which I agreed is an Alford plea which is for the purpose of accepting an offer of a plea agreement without admission of guilt, which was in this case essentially to drop twenty felony counts in exchange for a single misdemeanor." Armstrong told VOL in an e-mail from his home."
"This misdemeanor, which includes a restitution phase in which I am confident we will also be able to find an appropriate way forward, brings an end to my own criminal prosecution and spares both Colorado Springs congregations, St. George's Anglican and Grace Episcopal, and the Episcopal Diocese from a lengthy trial that would serve only to diminish all of our witness."
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
Prosecutor drops 20 felony counts against Fr. Don Armstrong
By David W. Virtue
www.virtueonline.org
Sept. 18, 2010
Fr. Don Armstrong, rector of St. George's Anglican Church and formerly rector of Grace & St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, pled no contest to a single misdemeanor charge on Friday in Colorado Fourth Judicial Court, bringing to a conclusion an almost five year investigation and prosecution of Armstrong, the former Executive Director of the Anglican Communion Institute.
"The plea to which I agreed is an Alford plea which is for the purpose of accepting an offer of a plea agreement without admission of guilt, which was in this case essentially to drop twenty felony counts in exchange for a single misdemeanor." Armstrong told VOL in an e-mail from his home."
"This misdemeanor, which includes a restitution phase in which I am confident we will also be able to find an appropriate way forward, brings an end to my own criminal prosecution and spares both Colorado Springs congregations, St. George's Anglican and Grace Episcopal, and the Episcopal Diocese from a lengthy trial that would serve only to diminish all of our witness."
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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