Mennonite Pastor Sentenced for Helping Ex-Lesbian Mom Escape With Her Child
Timothy Miller
Timothy Miller, a Mennonite missionary, was sentenced on Thursday to time served plus a year of probation in the U.S. District Court for New York's Western District for helping mother, Lisa Miller (no relation), flee to the Central American nation in 2009 with her then 7-year-old daughter, Isabella Miller-Jenkins, when a federal judge had threatened to give her ex-partner, Janet Jenkins, custody rights of her child.
Miller is just one of three men accused of helping Miller flee the country. On Wednesday, businessman Philip Zodhiates was sentenced to three years in prison for his involvement after being convicted last September.
At the heart of the case was Lisa Miller's desire to keep her daughter away from Jenkins and what she now refers to as "the homosexual lifestyle." Jenkins and Miller split in 2003 and Miller was awarded custody of the child by a judge in Vermont, while Jenkins was awarded...
