Minister who sang for Roy Moore lied for son accused of molesting Honduran orphans
One of the ministers who serves a Theodore church where Roy Moore spoke Wednesday night was federally convicted of trying to block an investigation involving claims his son molested children in Honduras.
Rev. Bill Atkinson led the music portion of the Moore event at the Magnolia Springs Baptist Church, where the U.S. Senate candidate spoke for over 20 minutes and was interrupted twice by people in the audience.
In 2012, Atkinson was found guilty of obstruction and conspiracy for ordering two of his children to destroy a hard drive of a digital video recorder, which held evidence that incriminated his son for child molestation. At the time, William James "Will" Atkinson IV was in a Honduras jail awaiting trial on charges that he molested children at an orphanage the Atkinson family owned. Those allegations came to light when his younger brother, Jonathan Atkinson, set up a secret surveillance system in Will's office after some of the children said they had been touched inappropriately.
<snip>
It is not clear how the charges against his son in Honduras were adjudicated. Efforts to reach the Rev. Atkinson were not immediately successful Thursday.
Atkinson did not make a political statement Wednesday night at the Moore event, but encouraged the audience to sing. "The sign out front says Baptists, and Baptists have to sing," he said.
http://www.al.com/news/mobile/index.ssf/2017/11/minister_convicted_of_obstruct.html