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And I see it is back to annoying the Philippine NBI again. Do these people ever learn!!!!!!!!!!!

Just shaking my head over the NBI bombardment.

I'd be laughing ... except this is definitely NO laughing matter.

I will be very surprised if Tom Randall is released on Monday as his "fans" expect. And he and his wife's visas are about to run out. On the 4th I believe.

Tick-tock ...

It is a stupid thing to do and they are also asking people to annoy the Philippine Embassy.
Now look at this gem of wisdom:

Over the first two weeks, the site was growing steadily up until about 25,000 Likes. Then suddenly we came under attack by "LIKE" robots (or hackers who seek to make mischief by creating automatic LIKES on some pages). New LIKES were coming at a pace of about 1 every 3 seconds, and coming from places and people who were very unlikely to be connected to the Free Tom Randall cause. We even wonder if some of these are real people. Since fake Likes can damage the credibility of a cause, we wanted to let you know. We want to keep this site purposeful, vibrant, and full of support for Tom for all who want to help or follow his cause.

This sounds a little xenophobic and paranoid. How do they know who is a genuine supporter and who is not? Next we'll be hearing that it is an attack of Satan's and the website will suddenly disappear or be radically altered.

Oh my goodness. This story just gets more bizarre.

And now Tom Randall is free. I hope this is not because of diplomatic pressure or interference by facebook followers!!!!!!!!!!

No, I don't think it is.

Very little information is known yet. I am staying alert for more details.

All we have right now is a short Tweet by Pastor Joe Coffey:

"Aftr 22 days tom Randall is free. All charges dropped! Praise God! Still prying for all truth to come out and 4 welfare of the children --Pastor Joe via Twitter @JoeCoffeyTalk"

People are clamoring for more information; for example, what about the two Filipinos also arrested at the same time? No further information that I can find at the moment.

http://www.ohio.com/news/break-news/hud ... s-1.463821

Hudson pastor released from jail in the Philippines

By Colette M. Jenkins
Beacon Journal religion writer

Published: February 3, 2014 - 07:26 AM

The Hudson pastor jailed in the Philippines on charges related to human trafficking is free.
The Rev. Joe Coffey, lead pastor at Christ Community Chapel, broke the news via Twitter this morning.
“Aftr 22 days tom Randall is free.all charges dropped! Praise God! Still prying for all truth to come out and 4 welfare of the children,” Coffey tweeted [@JoeCoffeyTalk] at 6:03 a.m. Monday.
Randall, of Stow, was arrested Jan. 12 [Jan. 13 in the Philippines, where there is a 13-hour time difference] during a raid by the Anti-Human Trafficking Division of the National Bureau of Investigation at the Sankey Samaritan Missions Inc. Orphanage in Lucena City. The orphanage was founded in 1998 by Randall and his wife, Karen. The couple moved to Northeast Ohio from Oklahoma last summer and Randall joined the staff at the Hudson church in November.
The raid at the orphanage reportedly came amid allegations that the facility had been operating as a front for human trafficking and that children living there had been sexually abused for years. Arrested along with Randall were Perfecto “Toto” Luchavez, who had served as Sankey administrator since 2005, and his son Mark Jayrold “Jake” Luchavez.
According to Filipino news reports, Randall was charged with obstruction of justice for negligence in handling allegations of abuse and sex trafficking. The Luchavezes were reportedly charged with violating Filipino anti-human trafficking laws. The younger Luchavez was also charged with rape.
At the time of the arrests, 31 orphans were rescued and released to the Department of Social Welfare and Development. The Christian Post reported that seven or eight orphans [both boys and girls] younger than 18 years old said they had been routinely raped since 2005 and that Randall failed to take action after being told of the abuse. The orphans avoided going to police for fear of having to find a new home, according to the report.
In Randall’s affidavit, filed with the Filipino court, he “vehemently” denied the allegations against him and protested his “illegal arrest.” The affidavit was obtained by the Akron Beacon Journal.
“I have not trafficked the children of Sankey nor did I ignore their complaints,” Randall stated in the affidavit, which also claimed authorities had no probable cause to arrest him without a warrant and that he was entitled to be released immediately based on a lack of evidence.

There is something about this that doesn't quite make sense. If Tom did not ignore the childrens complaints, why was it not he who turned the other two accused in, instead it was a fellow missionary?

Maybe I'm missing something, but it has me puzzled.

Tom Randall says he does not believe the accusations against the Filipino father and son team who were running his orphanage. Tom Randall lives in America, and evidently visits the orphanage once a year. Tom and his supporters claim he did "look into" the accusations of child abuse, but it would appear that his own personal conclusion was that nothing was going on, and there was no cause for concern.

That's when The Philippine National Bureau of Investigation stepped in.

And the US Embassy, and Department of Homeland Security.

The US is making it clear these days that it does not take the issue of child abuse overseas lightly any longer.

I am so very thankful for that.

Well, someone is finally paying attention!