European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 24, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday May 24, 1988 the stars and strikes Page 5 what s passed has passed Swaggart says scandal behind him Baton Rouge. U. A defrocked evangelist Jimmy Swaggart reclaimed his pulpit sunday with fire and brims Lonc Fervour telling followers thai the sex scandal thai Ted to his three month exile from preach ing was behind him. Orc you Lonk up into god s face you will never in any cleaner than you Urc Rig in  swagman said to a Sermon lasting Marc than 45 minutes. "1 want to serve notice on the  world what s passed has passed. I am serving Mitt f in demons and devils and hell he Best 11 vet to  lit i Louied to Ghoul 5,000 wot Leat his family worship Grosner. Swiggart. In delivering his fir it Sermon since Icarful-1y confessing to an unspecified sin feb. 11, preached without his credentials As an assemblies of god min ister. The  denomination defrocked him april8 after he refused id accept n banishment from the pulpit of at least one year fur an alleged encounter with prostitute Debra Murp Liucc who aimed that swag Gart paid her 1o pose nude far him at a new Orleans  Gorman a defrocked minister who claims in a lawsuit thai Swaggart ruined his ministry by spreading false stories about adulterous affaire report edly hired private detectives to photograph Swaggart with the woman outside the Motel. In a Brief interview after a service .11 his metropol Itan Christian Center in suburban new Orleans Cor Man said Swaggart needed to fast and Pray o make it through the Battles not Only he has faced but he will be lacing in the  Swaggart said in his Sermon Hiil Ali arc would be those who would not forget the scandal. I am in a terrible position. I no sure there will be Many the Media for one and i in Noi say it critically that will Sec to it that 1 Dnn t for gel. I realize it will be the hardest task he said. God called me As a child. I live Limi More Ihnn life itself. He is my life. You might Waul to say that Call is abrogated. But i know  Swaggart s return to the pulpit coincided with the end of a three month suspension originally ordered by an assemblies of god stale Council. National Leader Slater demanded the sterner punishment but Swaggart walked. His initial appearance at the pulpit Drew a polite response but As he preached the congregation became More enthusiastic and gave him several standing ovations As the Sermon took on Swaggart s familiar fire and Brimstone style. Before Ushers passed the offering plate Swaggart made reference to reports that his worldwide ministry is in financial trouble. Swaggart recently appealed on telethon for $6 million. For every Dollar we gel. We spend a Dollar and a dime and we spend it before we get it because the world needs to hear the gospel of Jesus Christ he said. Swaggart said Money was especially needed to keep the ministry s programs on television. In recent weeks three major Cable television networks have cancelled Swaggart s programs. Later in a Brief interview with by Biz to reporter John Camp and television talk show Host Gerald Riv Era Swaggart said donations to his ministry were run Ning at More than half the pre scandal level and predicted that his support would return because americans always rally to an  the evangelist s wife Frances and son Donnie also made Brief appearances at the podium. One worshipper Douglas Marshall said he drove from Dallas to hear Swaggart. He has done nothing that others have not done and have not been forgiven for he said. Meanwhile a group of former Swaggart Follower gathered in a Baton Rouge hotel ballroom far the serv ice of Cross fire Assembly an assemblies of god Church formed by ministers who recently left Sunu Gart s ministry. If Swaggart would have really repented he would have really been obedient to the assemblies of god de Paradela said. Sex cop kills judge who ruled against daughter i Elham . A the min who killed a Federal judge and then committed suicide was a retired policeman whose daughter s sexual harassment Suil against Bank ended when inc judge ruled against her authorities said sunday Charles l. Hosier. 67. Of Bath pa., had exhausted his life s savings pursuing his daughter s 1981 Job discrimination suit against Chase Manhattan rank said Fri official James c. Esposito. The s2.5 million Lawi Uil was dismissed last week. Kosier s daughter rejected a Latoc settlement offered by the Bank before i went to trial March 23, the new York times reported in its monday editions. Koster apparently was seeking revenge when he fired at least three shots from a ,38-caliber Colt pistol that struck  judge Richard j. Daronco out Side the judge s suburban Home Here sat urday Esposito said. Judge Daronco although he Etc wounded ran around his Home and entered the residence through his Back door Esposito said. The 56-year-old judge ran Imo his study closed the door and barricaded himself As the gunman followed Esposito said. The gunman tired no More shots at Daronco and May have correctly concluded that the judge had died when he shot himself Kos ice in the head Esposito said. The shooting was Only the second slay ing this Century of a Federal judge. Judge John Wood was killed by a sniper outside his Home in san Antonio teens in 1979. Koster served in the new York police department from 19-49 until his retire ment in 1969, when he was with the department s mounted unit said sol. De Hurriy a City police spokesman investigator bund on roller s body Agun permit that had been issued Lour judge Richard j. Daronco months after Hosier s retirement Esposito said. In Kostyr s Pennsylvania trailer Park Home investigators found a suicide note that expressed displeasure with the judge s  Esposito said. The note indicated Koster acted alone but it has not been authenticated As having been written by Rosier the Fri official said. Esposito said roster s daughter Carote Koster. 38, of Manhattan hied Suil in 1981 against Chase Manhattan where she was employed in a management position and Allan Ross a Bank employee. In the Suil the claimed sexual harassment and. Salary discrimination he said. The seven years of litigation ended when damned handed Down a written decision thursday. The Case had involved three Dif Ferent judges Esposi to noted. Charles Kostyr and his wife Mary Koslor were totally involved in their daughter s litigation. The Kostyr family was totally consumed with this Case and it had become � crusade in their lives Esposito said. He declined to release details about the suit but said court documents would be available later. He said however that in the end the daughter dismissed her attorney and acted As Jerown counsel. . Attorney Rudolph Giuliani called Daronco s decision in the Case very sen sible and  is unfortunately the kind of risk that Many judges and Public officials face making on appropriate decision and facing an irrational reaction from  the shooting of Daronco whose brother Paul is the town supervisor shocked this quiet affluent town of 6,800 just North of new York City where the judge had spent his entire life "1 can t understand what happened said Daronco s 81-year-old Mother Ros Daronco. I can t make any rhyme or Rea son of it i keep thinking i la Wake up Tomor Row Momi Gand i la have my son  this Guy was no. 1 1he no 1 citizen said e. James Rood cd own Crof the Pelham funeral Home which was handling the family s arrangements. There s not Many like  fellow Federal judge. Charles lightning kills woman on Telephone Montezuma. , a a 22 year old pregnant woman was killed while talking on the Telephone when a Bolt of lightning struck the phone lines outside her House authorities said Laura Mcdowell who was eight months pregnant and the ictus were killed when the lightning struck about 5 . Saturday As a band of Thunder storms moved through the Central Newyork Region Cayuga county sheriffs deputies said. Mcdowell was taken to the emergency room at Auburn memorial Hospital but doctors were unable to revive her Nurs ing supervisor Nancy Purdy said. Several of the victim s relatives including her 3-year-pld daughter were in the room when the incident occurred. Mcdowell s Stepbrother Allen har Mon 17, told authorities the bait knocked things off the Wall and threw Mcdowell from the chair in which she was silting. The phone was blackened by the electrical charge which authorities estimate was Between 0,000 and 50,000 volts. Howard g. Williams a spokesman for new York Telephone co., said such an incident was rare because Telephone lines Are grounded and insulated against trans porting Strong electrical charges. However Wiiliams cautioned it is unwise to talk on the Telephone during a thunderstorm because electricity can be draw into the Home on its Way to the ground. Brieant called Laronca "3 kindly Good natured nun not a person who would be Likely to cause  a Ricail was himself the target of an assassination attempt last year when a form professor who had been convicted and sentenced by a Ricail on drug charges sent him a Box of poisoned Valentine s Day chocolates. The judge s wife was hospitalized after eating four of the candies. Daronco a Republican was a trial lawyer and an associate professor of Law at several schools before being elected As a family court judge in 1971. He was a Justice of the state supreme court new York s trial level court from 1979 to 1985. Ultimately becoming Dep Uty chief administrative judge of All courts outside new York City. On the recommendation of sen. Al Fonsec d Amato president Reagan nominated Daronco to the Federal Bench in Manhattan in i9s7.Daronco served As one of 27 . District court judges for the Southern District of new York. Sands or time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. May 24. 1948 the . Security Council adopted a proposal appealing for a cease fire in the Palestine War instead of the stronger russian american proposal railing for , intervention 30 years ago today. May 24, 195e a Lincoln. Neb.,jury found Charles Starkweather guilty of first degree murder and sentenced him to death in the electric chair. Eleven kill Ings were attributed to his bloody ram Page in january. 20 years ago today. May 24, 1968 president Johnson said Hie United Stales continued to believe an honorable peace could be achieved i Vietnam despite North Vietnam s reluctance to reduce military activity. 10 years ago today ,. May 24. 1978 a Federal appeals court agreed with regret that three Laws barring nazis from marching in the mostly jewish Chicago suburb of Skokie were unconstitutional