Crime & Justice

Seminary-Trained Professor Charged in Revolting Child Sex Abuse Sting

UNTHINKABLE

The California academic tried to trade sex with a 7-year-old for a Hershey bar and an Ariel doll, according to the FBI.

Justin Rohrlich
Justin Rohrlich 

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A photo of Rod Githens, a professor at University of the Pacific in Stockton, California
Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/LinkedIn
Justin Rohrlich

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