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LTRP Note:<\/strong> The following is a story that Lighthouse Trails has\u00a0been following\u00a0since its inception\u00a0over three years ago\u00a0about a former lesbian woman turned Christian who went into hiding with her young daughter after a Vermont judge ordered she turn her daughter over to her former lesbian “partner.” Then later, after Lisa Miller disappeared with her daughter, a Mennonite pastor was arrested, accused of helping the mother and daughter go into international hiding. To date, the mother and daughter’s whereabouts are unknown, but the U.S. government is working to put the pastor behind bars. Today, Isabella Miller is 11 years old.<\/p>\n

By Heather Clark<\/strong>
\n Christian News Network<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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BURLINGTON, Vt. \u2013<\/strong> Appeal proceedings have begun in the case of a Mennonite pastor who was sentence to 27 months in prison last year for allegedly helping an ex-lesbian flee the country with her daughter.<\/p>\n

As previously reported<\/a>, Kenneth Miller of Stuarts Draft, Virginia was convicted in August 2012 for helping Lisa Miller (no relation) and her young daughter Isabella travel to Buffalo, New York, where they crossed the border into Canada and then escaped to Nicaragua. Miller, who turned to Christ in 2003, had been threatened by family court judge Richard Cohen that if Miller did not allow her daughter to have visitations with her former lesbian partner, Janet Jenkins, he would transfer full custody to Jenkins. In addition to not wanting her child to be raised in the homosexual lifestyle, Miller believed that her daughter was being traumatized from alleged inappropriate activities taking place between her partner and her daughter.<\/p>\n

In November 2009, Cohen followed through with his threats. Click here<\/a> to continue reading this story.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

The Chronicle of our tracking of this story:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chronicle of Our Coverage on the Lisa\/Isabella Miller Situation:<\/strong><\/p>\n

January 2010:<\/strong> Lesbian-Turned-Christian Mom Fails to Give Up Child to Ex-Partner <\/a><\/p>\n

January 2010:<\/strong> Lesbian \u2018mother\u2019 case presents constitutional issue <\/a><\/p>\n

January 2010:<\/strong> Vermont Judge Threatens Mother in Hiding With Arrest <\/a><\/p>\n

March 2010:<\/strong> Former Lesbian, Lisa Miller \u2013 Friends Say They Support Her Decision to Go into Hiding with Daughter <\/a><\/p>\n

December 2011:<\/strong> FBI Arrests Man Who Tried to Protect Lisa and Isabella Miller From Gay Activists and Vermont Court (America: Punishing the Good, Rewarding Evil) <\/a><\/p>\n

February 2012:<\/strong> \u2018I promised God that if he would save my baby, I would leave the homosexual lifestyle\u2019 <\/a><\/p>\n

September 2012:<\/strong> Amish Man Convicted For Helping Ex-Homosexual Protect Her Daughter <\/a><\/p>\n

February 2013<\/strong>: America in Crisis: \u201cPastor jailed for refusing to testify in Vermont child custody case\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

March 19, 2013:<\/strong> Pastor Kenneth Miller Sentenced to 2 Years in Prison for Aiding in the Protection of Lisa Miller and Daughter Isabella <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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