http://registerguard.com/csp/cms/si...54320-41/friar-kolego-sexual-state-foster.csp
Molester receives 18-year sentence
A former youth worker sexually abused boys living in his home
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Joshua Friar expects his time in prison to be terrifying, his attorney told a Lane County Circuit Court judge who on Thursday
sentenced the Springfield man to more than 18 years behind bars for sexually abusing three boys who lived in his home as foster children.......
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Friar, 27, worked as a youth program supervisor at Jasper Mountain, a facility east of Springfield that treats emotionally disturbed children. He met at least two of his young victims while on the job, and later gained state certification to take in the boys as his foster children. Friar’s third victim also lived with him as a foster child.
Once they moved into his Springfield home, the boys were exposed to Friar’s sexual advances.
Friar slept in the same bed with one of the boys “for a significant amount of time” during which the youth was subjected to regular abuse, Hasselman said...."
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"State police arrested Friar last November after one of the boys came forward with molestation allegations. Friar resigned from Jasper Mountain that same day. The facility’s executive director, psychologist Dave Ziegler, said Friar passed an extensive background check before beginning his job there, and that “there were no red flags” that indicated Friar was capable of abusing children...."
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Under state Measure 11, Friar must serve his entire 220-month sentence, with no chance of early release....."
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We can enter this into the annals of the Foster Parent Hall of Shame. As a foster parent, I am sickened. Jasper Mountain is a facility which serves some of Oregon's most troubled youths and Friar chose from that pool of boys. As a trained professional, he knew exactly what he was doing to their young bodies, minds and souls. If he is so frightened about his upcoming prison experience, he really should have thought about that before he touched the boys.
You'll note that he attempts to blame the "molestation" (I take issue with that word!!) on being a confused youth himself. I guess he chose not to disclose that fact on his resume. He says he tried to hide his homosexuality. WTH does his sexual orientation have to do with raping young boys? Many people who are gay are doing tremendous work with youth.
His attorney does not believe that his crimes were predatory????? He says that Friar had an "irresistible compulsion" and was "opportunistic". Look at that statement. Isn't that the definition of predatory? A cougar has an irresistible compulsion to eat and when it finds its prey, it uses opportunistic tactics to attack.
Sounds predatory to me. SHAME, SHAME, SHAME!!!!