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  Woman: Minister Charged in Sex Sting 'Soft-Spoken'

By Stephanie Hockridge
Fox 4
April 9, 2009

http://www.fox4kc.com/wdaf-story-sex-sting-minister-040909,0,5592429.story

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KANSAS CITY, MO - Pornography and sexual enticement charges against St. Joseph Baptist minister Robert Black have many parents across the metro area combing through their children's Facebook and MySpace profiles to see if he had contact with their child. But for one metro woman, word of the charges were especially shocking.

Marcia Franke says she first met Black at a court-ordered facility where parents bring their kids for supervised visitation.

"He was a very quiet, soft-spoken person," said Franke. "It kind of makes me sad to think but, you know, if I would have had to get up and leave the room, I would have left my kids there and wouldn't have thought anything about it."

Franke said that week after week, she, Black and other parents would sit and chat about subjects like child abuse.

"He would say things like 'oh, that's so sick, how could people do that?'" said Franke. "Things like that. I mean, I can just hear his voice."

Franke said that in all of the time they visited together, Black never once mentioned that he was a minister. She says that she can't believe that the quiet, friendly man she shared so many conversations with is now at the center of an Online sex sting.

"I worry about (Black's) kids, I mean, where are they going to go?" said Franke. "They can't go to a mother, they can't go to him."

If you or your children had contact with Black, or his Online alias "Jon Still," please call the Clay County Sheriff's Office at (816) 470-3700.

 
 

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