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Friday, November 9, 2012

Former Good Shepherd Director Heading to Prison

The man was sentenced Thursday for sodomizing a boy at his home in Hazelwood.

Kevin Thompson, a former director of Good Shepherd Children and Family Services in University City, has been sent to prison for 15 years for sodomizing a foster child who lived with him in Hazelwood. Thompson, 45, was sentenced by St. Louis County Circuit Judge Thomas J. Prebil. According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Thompson was convicted of 11 counts of second-degree statutory sodomy. Some of the sentences run concurrently, giving him a sentence of 15 years in a state prison.  The victim was a 16-year-old boy who was sodomized in 2009. Prosecutors say Thompson had met the boy through Thompson's work at Good Shepherd. Authorities verified that none of the sex acts took place at Good Shepherd. According to its web site, Good Shepherd …

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