Salem Lutheran Church in Black Jack, Missouri,
Where Floyd Luther Stolzenburg used to counsel
young women and wives.
02.10.2010 10:34 am
Former Lutheran pastor admits child porn
By Robert Patrick
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Andrew Spallek, the former pastor of Salem Lutheran Church in Black Jack, pleaded guilty to a federal child pornography possession charge Wednesday and admitted possessing 13 images of children engaged in sex acts.
Spallek, 49, of Florissant, resigned as pastor on Sept. 23, citing “personal reasons.” He was indicted the next day in U.S. District Court in St. Louis on two child porn charges.
He faces roughly three to four years in prison when sentenced in May.
Spallek was snared by an international child pornography investigation after he was identified as a member of an online bulletin board used to share child porn.
Defense lawyer Matt Radefeld said in October that there were no allegations that Spallek produced child porn or was involved in any improprieties with church members or children.
Spallek held various official positions with the Missouri District of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, including as a vice president in a term that ended in June, but has not held any positions since that time.
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Published in the Concordia Journal.
Elected District VP.
Family Shield Ministries.
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GJ - Relax, Rev. Spallek. Salem Lutheran Church, LCMS, Black Jack is a regular launching path for clergy careers. Stolzenburg was kicked out of Salem, divorced by his wife, and yet came to Columbus, Ohio to be an expert for WELS in Church Growth, endorsed by DP Mueller, VP Kuske, and the trembling silence of the Michigan District clergy.
Kuske and Schumann gave Stolzenburg glowing references for his new gig at Emmanuel, and he is still there as pastor!
Meanwhile, Stolzenburg worked with ELS Pastors Roger Kovaciny, Jay Webber, and John Shep in building a new church in the Ukraine. Marvin Schwan's foundation matched gifts.
First the Wisconsin Synod and then the ELS gave credibility to a man who should have never been a lay leader, let alone a pastor.
Floyd told people he had "a Scriptural divorce," which may be while Schwan funds subsidized his posturing about world missions. Schwan also had a "Scriptural divorce," even though he divorced his wife to marry his division manager's wife - who also divorced.
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