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(AP) WASHINGTON - A Duke University official has been arrested and charged with offering his adopted 5-year-old son for sex.

Frank Lombard, the school's associate director of the Center for Health Policy, was arrested after an Internet sting, according to the FBI's Washington field office and the city's police department.

According to an affidavit by District of Columbia Police Det. Timothy Palchak, an unnamed informant facing charges in his own child sex case led authorities to Lombard.

Authorities said that Lombard tried to persuade a person -- who he did not know was a police officer -- to travel to North Carolina to have sex with Lombard's child.

The detective's affidavit charges Lombard identified himself online as "perv dad for fun," and says that in an online chat with the detective, Lombard said he had sexually molested his son, whom he adopted as an infant.

The court papers say Lombard also invited the undercover detective to North Carolina to have sex with the young boy, and even suggested which hotel he should use.

Lombard was charged in federal court in Washington with attempting to induce someone to cross state lines to engage in sex with a child. If convicted, he could face a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.

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Lombard's lawyer did not immediately return a call seeking comment.

Michael Schoenfeld, vice president for public affairs at Duke, said Lombard has been employed with Duke University since 1999. He is now on unpaid administrative leave.

"Duke is cooperating with the investigation," Schoenfeld said. He said the university was notified of the incident after Lombard was arrested.

Authorities executed a search warrant Wednesday evening at Lombard's home, according to court documents. The papers show investigators seized two webcams, five computers and a sex toy, among other items.

Comments

[cabowabo]

Hmmm.. Why isn't Rev. Al Sharpton getting involved in this Duke case ?
Where is his outrage ?

[NonaG]

Where's yours?

[Teknikid]

KevinVT, "Let's see, there are something like 65,000 adopted kids with gay or lesbian parents, and as far as I recall, this is the first case of sexual abuse."

No. This may be the first case YOU have heard of, but it is by far not the first.

OlongapoEd, "Let the homophobes find some other thread to vent their spleen."

Why do you consider it homophobic to demand that the press report ALL the facts? Your use of the worn-out smear term suggests you would rather certain facts be kept under wraps. Don't you consider that bias in reporting?

[ModernTimes1]

Just when one thinks the humanity can't sink any lower, this.
So much for those loving g.ay couple, eh.

[NonaG]

Why is it "so much for those loving g.ay couples"? Gay DOES NOT = Pedophile.

[TaxDayMan]

http://townhall.com/columnists/MikeAdams/2009/07/01/duke_profe­ssors_cond­emn_gay_ra­cism

says it all including MSM and liberal cover up and excuse making!

[Parade]

Thank you for posting this. From one of the comments on the Adams article, I'd like to add:

http://johnsville.blogspot.com/2006/11/duke-case-listening-statement.html

[flamflurm]

http://www.lukefisher.com/slip-up.wav

[srg10duke]

Wow I'm really happy that this thread is so far devoid of Duke Lacrosse comments.

[nellpost]

I think someone needs to investigate the community where he lived!

[bradwieser]

Is this a Hate crime?

[Parade]

"identity politics ... apparently trumps all sense of outrage."

Yeah, ummm, basically no coverage, curiouser and curiouser...

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/zoe-ortiz/2009/06/29/gay-duke-u-official-attempts-sell-black-5-year-old-son-sex-msm-out-lunch

[MNmommy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6BXFTXRgRw

[Parade]

Thank you.
Two days later...

[Parade]

Let's read some more:

http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/1586521.html
"Pink Panther Community" LMAO! see comments...

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/06/media_nerv­ous_on_new­_duke_u_ra.html

Pretty sure he's a Liberal Democrat, Hello, u-n-i-v-e-r-s-i-t-y, and for obongaED or whatever, what disgusts everyone IS about the children. Fool.

[iRock]

Sick

[OlongapoEd]

Seriously, this thread should be closed, and the comments should be wiped. Let the homophobes find some other thread to vent their spleen.

[KevinVT]

Let's see, there are something like 65,000 adopted kids with gay or lesbian parents, and as far as I recall, this is the first case of sexual abuse. That's about a .001% incidence. Even if we assume there have been 100 (highly unlikely), it would still be under 1%.

According to some statistics, 1 in 4 girls is abused, half by straight family members.
So a child in a straight family has a 12% chance of being abused by a father or straight brother.

Statistics suggest we should ban straight families and give all children to gay and lesbian parents.

[Artemis34]

Here is one more straight family

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/29/mexican-man-allegedly-tri_n_222426.html

He also allegedly wanted to sell his two stepsons, ages 1 and 4, it added.

[OlongapoEd]

I'm sure the "Kill them all, God will recognize his own" crowd don't care a flying fig about the child...they are using this incident to pursue a venomously homophpbic agenda.

[OleLadySquawking]

I can't think of a single punishment fit for such an animal. My wish is that they could use them all.