Holland, Michigan repeat sex offender sentenced to 27 years-plus in federal prison

Here is a federal judge who understands the gravity of sex offenses. In sentencing a POS pedophile sex offender this week, Federal Judge Jane Beckering explained: “This is, absent murder, probably the most traumatizing thing you can do to a human being, especially a minor.”

I don’t know what you do with these types. They reoffend at an astonishing rate and appear not to “age out,” continuing their crimes in their last decades of life. He should have gotten 27 years the first time he sexually assaulted a child, rather than given parole after serving less than four years in a Michigan state prison.

I can’t help but compare this 27 year sentence to the sentence given defrocked priest Gary Berthiaume, who served less than 14 months for his sexual assaults on minors. You can look him up on the MDOC site, https://mdocweb.state.mi.us/OTIS2/otis2.html , and see also https://catherinebroad.blog/2022/01/12/a-demon-who-disguised-himself-as-a-man-of-god/ . He was sentenced in January 2022. He is a free man.

The man had a prior record, having been convicted in Oakland County in 1977 and sentenced to SIX MONTHS IN JAIL for sexually assaulting young parishioners at Our Lady of Sorrows in Farmington. The Catholic church paid out at least one civil settlement along the way to one of this man’s victims. The church did what it always does, and moved this freak to out-of-state parishes. Moving target.

FOURTEEN MONTHS. Fourteen months is laughable in the face of the life sentences he inflicted on his victims. He’s out on parole, almost 83. Think he’ll quit what he has been doing for 50 years (or more)? Would any of the attorneys or the judge present at sentencing leave a young male relative alone for even a minute with this guy?

I checked back on “hockey doc,” Farmington Hills urologist Zvi Levran, who was charged in late 2022 with multiple counts of CSC3 and 4; multiple accusers, all connected with youth and school hockey programs. https://www.hometownlife.com/story/news/2023/01/11/farmington-hills-hockey-doc-pleads-not-guilty-to-csc-changes/69798710007/. His case has not gone to trial yet. The guy is 66 years old and has been the “hockey doc” in the area for some 20 years.

I read a few articles online and it appears he will be using the “urologist defense”–hey, I touch penises; that’s what I do. Yeah well, old man, seems to me the hockey doc ought to have more of an orthopedic bent, aye? But I’m guessing his caseload of problem-prostate and ED patients just wasn’t cutting it in the job satisfaction department. Branch out to help the youth hockey leagues; that’s the ticket!

I will check back to keep tabs on your journey through the legal system and on the people responsible for administering justice if you are found guilty. Remember, doc: This is, absent murder, probably the most traumatizing thing you can do to a human being, especially a minor.

“The state of Michigan is all too familiar with doctors who used their access to athletes to sexually abuse them.”

Another sexual predator from the Michigan stethoscope set.

And see also: https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/farmington-hills-doctor-faces-even-more-charges-stemming-from-alleged-sex-assaults-of-man-boy

Keep an eye on the Oakland County prosecution of Dr. Tiger Balm. Predators from the suits, stethoscope or clerical collar strata tend to get better treatment by the judicial system than they deserve, both in the way the cases are charged and sentences given.

UPDATE: April 30, 2025, former doctor Zvi Levran was sentence to 10-25 years. The sentencing hearing:

https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/judge-calls-hockey-doctor-a-pedophile-disgrace-10-25-year-jail-sentence

“A demon who disguised himself as a man of God.”

An Oakland County judge rejected the plea agreement entered into between the Michigan AG and pedophile priest Gary Berthiaume, ruling that what the prosecution had proposed didn’t fit the crimes.

https://www.pressreader.com/usa/the-oakland-press/20220112/281522229445714

https://www.theoaklandpress.com/2022/01/12/former-priest-admits-to-sex-crimes-withdraws-pleas-after-judge-rejects-sentencing-agreement/?utm_email=E478E4C1856214FD54E1246EE2&g2i_eui=vnFrwG58svU3JZC4F76BZ4UH6bPjsZhm&g2i_source=newsletter&utm_source=listrak&utm_medium=email&utm_term=https://www.theoaklandpress.com/2022/01/12/former-priest-admits-to-sex-crimes-withdraws-pleas-after-judge-rejects-sentencing-agreement/&utm_campaign=michigan-oakland-press-morning-update&utm_content=automated

The judge sentenced him to 20 months to 15 years, longer than the prosecution proposed sentence of ONE YEAR AND ONE DAY.

Under the terms of the agreement, Berthiaume withdrew his guilty pleas and a no contest plea. He is out on bond until his next court date, hanging at a hotel.

I am so sick of the old, white man “I am too old to go to prison” defense. Here’s the deal, padre–you only spent six months in the Oakland County JAIL in 1977 for criminal sexual conduct with minors in 1977. You belonged in prison and even back then–the “good old days,” you should have been sentenced to far longer.

Then you got to live decades and decades, continuing to sexually assault, while your employer, the Catholic church, moved you like a chess piece to try to stay ahead of your criminality. You get away with all of your assaults and all your lies until you are 80. Then you pull the old man defense.

This bullshit plea agreement allowed this monster to contend he only “touched boys’ penises.” Seriously? It’s 2022, not 1977. You had a long, long run where your church protected you. It didn’t protect your victims. You had a full life until you got caught again.

No more “one year and one day” for offenders like this. From the sounds of the victim statements, a trial could have been quite devastating for this old freak. Quit taking the easy way out, prosecutors! An Oakland County judge saw through this charade. Now get down to business with this criminal and his attorney. You are better than this