Sutter Says:
That he was "called to the ministry in 1985" and that his
subsequent time in prison was for a contempt of court charge related to his
chaplaincy duties:
""I was jailed for contempt of court when a judge ordered me to reveal the contents of a religious counseling session I had with an inmate. There are two Ohio laws that protect these conversations, I showed both to the judge, plus I explained professional ethics, but he didnt care, so he found me guilty of contempt of court, and ordered me locked up until the trial was over."
The Truth:
As far as we know, Sutter's only incarceration was for a 1996
conviction that resulted from defrauding credit card companies (although we
admit to knowing very little about his early adult years, from 1976 to 1989).
He may have invented this 'contempt of court' prison chaplaincy story to mask a
much darker episode in his life involving improper conduct.
The good "Reverend" further attempted to defraud the IRS as well, since the
agency placed a hefty tax lien against him about six years after his "call to
the ministry." This was as a result of three separate years in which he
underreported his taxes by about $6000.
Aside from being a prodigious liar, Sutter has exhibited an extremely
mean-spirited streak against his critics that is in stark contrast to his cover
as a minister. He falsely accused one woman of being a psychiatric patient
and a sex junkie. To make his case that she had mental problems, he actually
used the tragic death of her own daughter against her. Later, he stooped
even lower by publicly alleging that she had abused the child that she lost.
Sutter also has a habit of accusing his female detractors of being "prostitutes."
One such accusation was publicly made in April of 2007. The other was made
against a different woman in September of 2007, whom Sutter thought to be a
college student. Sutter wrote:
"LMAO! Hey, Ms. Ohio State, try learning how to spell. It might make your magazine ads get a pssing(sic) grade without... you know... having to use your special "technique" to persuade the instructor. (Don't your knees get tired from that?)"
Sutter's crude and baseless oral sex reference to a woman half his age may be completely at odds with his bogus claim of being a Christian pastor, but it is certainly in keeping with his character. He has admitted to visiting pornography websites, and we suspect that he spends a good deal of time there.
The "good reverend" also likes to pretend that he has only the one son from his marriage to Nancy Marie Sutter, but he has at least three others that he has since disowned.