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• When young family friend Katie Travis asked Christ Church elder Ed Iverson to find her “Mr. Right,” he specifically set her up with Mr. Sitler, a convicted child molester who wanted children of his own. There is no indication that Christ Church Pastor Wilson censured Mr. Iverson for this in any way or even disagreed with him.

• Mr. Wilson thinks that the marriage was wise and that it was not foolish on Katie’s part for her to marry Mr. Sitler despite the court rules restricting Mr. Sitler from anything resembling normal fathering behavior.

• Mr. Wilson views Mr. Sitler’s pedophile diagnosis as “temptation” and thinks that the cure for such sexual temptation is marriage.

Shubin to Wilson: … I’m asking if you thought it was wise for her to marry a serial pedophile who said he wanted children and who the judge said would be obliged to leave his own house if that came to pass. Does marrying that kind of man seem like a wise plan for a young woman who wants to marry and begin a family?

…Steven told his parole officer that children and family were a very important part of his religion and they were planning to start a family after Katie graduated. The judge said that if that happened, Steven wouldn’t be able to live with them.

Judge Stegner: But I think more importantly is that an age-appropriate relationship with a member of the opposite sex for Mr. Sitler is one of the best things that can happen to him and to society. I’m no expert on these testing devices; but I am familiar enough with them to know that a two-year relationship with a member of the opposite sex who is age appropriate reduces his likelihood to recidivate, at least on a statistical basis. So here we have a young man who has committed heinous crimes and wants to engage in what I think everyone in the room would consider to be a prosocial relationship. So I’m going to let the wedding proceed. If and when Mr. Sitler and Miss Travis have children we will cross that bridge when we get to it – or, if we need to address it sooner than that, I am happy to address it sooner than that. But I … I think it’s a reasonable restriction that he not reside with his wife and child, in the future, if in fact they have children. Would you like to submit an order to that effect, Mr. Wullenwaber? I have specifically authorized Mr. Sitler’s wedding to proceed (emphasis added).

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Rachel Shubin | “Analyzing Douglas Wilson’s Handling of the Steven Sitler and Jamin Wight Cases,” pp. 20–21.

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