This is an email my friend received about the family and their pastor that were falsely arrested:
“The hearing was today and it was not exactly a victory but it wasn’t a loss either… Nate and Beth Burns were able to get out of jail this morning because they got a ROA Bond. Basically they didn’t have to pay the full $25,000 but they had to agree to not have any contact with Aaron [Sr. Pastor charged for giving them "legal" advice] or with their baby Alethia. There was a large group of about 100 people outside the courthouse to show their support for the Burns as they went in. There was no Guilty or Not guilty decision made. The hearing ended up with the judge and lawyers deliberating behind closed doors for 1.5 hours and agreeing to a deal that would allow Nate and Beth to have their daughter back with the following conditions….. Alethia remains a ward of the state… she has regular Dr. visits (up to this point she had not been going to the Dr for vaccinations)… they stay on WIC…. her mom goes to some parenting class or something like that… after 6 weeks they will be reviewed to see if they did everything they were supposed to do and then maybe they will have full custody of their daughter again.
Because of the ROA Bond stipulation they still can’t take Alethia home until the prosecutor who had them arrested on Fri. can review what happened in court today and agrees to the terms. This may take a few days so please pray that they will get their daughter back soon. I can’t even imagine how awful it would be if someone took Brianna [Sr. Pastor's daughter] away–I would have to be arrested too but the charges wouldn’t be child abuse!!!!! As far as Aaron [Sr. Pastor] goes, his hearing is supposed to be on July 8th, but his attorney is trying to get a change of venue (different town and different judge) so that date might end up getting changed. Aaron has talked to a number of different lawyers and the CLA. Unfortunately the CLA can’t get involved with the Burns because they only deal with church cases and not family situations. However when they found out that bail was $25,000 cash for two individuals with no criminal record that weren’t flight risks, they were very surprised. There are obviously ulterior motives behind these arrests/charges. It is an organized attack. They might step in to help with Aaron’s case because he is a Sr. Pastor.”
