摘要：Dr. Matt Queen, a former administrator and professor at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas, has been s
Former SBC Seminary Administrator Dr. Matt Queen Sentenced to 6 Months of House Arrest for Making False Statements to Federal Investigators
前南方浸信会神学院管理人员马特·奎因博士，因向联邦调查人员作虚假陈述，被判处六个月的居家监禁。
Dr. Matt Queen, a former administrator and professor at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas, has been sentenced to six months of house arrest, one year of probation, and a $2,000 fine for lying to federal investigators.
Queen pleaded guilty in October to making false statements during an investigation into whether Southwestern had mishandled allegations of sexual assault.
马特·奎因博士曾任职于得克萨斯州沃思堡市的西南浸信会神学院，身兼管理人员与教授之职。如今，他因向联邦调查人员撒谎，被判处六个月居家监禁、一年缓刑，同时需缴纳2000美元的罚款。
去年十月，奎因供认，在西南浸信会神学院是否不当处理了性侵指控的调查过程中，自己做出了虚假陈述。
Queen was charged with falsification of records amid the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) probe of Southern Baptist entities regarding their handling of sexual abuse allegations. The investigation of Southwestern began in 2022.
At the time of the investigation, Queen was serving as interim provost for the school.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office alleged that shortly after the DOJ opened its investigation, Southwestern received a report of sexual abuse committed by a student, but the incident was not reported to the DOJ.
在司法部（DOJ）对南方浸信会相关机构处理性侵指控情况的调查期间，奎因被指控伪造记录。对西南浸信会神学院的调查始于2022年。
在调查进行之时，奎因正担任该学院的临时教务长。
美国检察官办公室称，在司法部展开调查后不久，西南浸信会神学院收到了一份关于一名学生实施性侵的报告，但这起事件并未向司法部报告。
The U.S. Attorney’s Office further said that Terri Stovall, who serves as dean of women at the school, created a document in January 2023 that described the failure of Southwestern “to take action regarding the allegation at that time” but that Heath Woolman, then chief of staff, ordered the document destroyed during a meeting with Stovall and Queen.
Queen later produced notes for investigators that he said were from that meeting. The notes conflicted with Stovall’s testimony, and investigators believed them to be falsified.
美国检察官办公室进一步指出，该校的女生部主任特里·斯托瓦尔在2023年1月撰写了一份文件，文件中描述了西南浸信会神学院 “当时未针对该指控采取行动” 的情况。然而，时任办公厅主任的希思·伍尔曼在与斯托瓦尔和奎因的一次会议上下令销毁这份文件。
奎因随后向调查人员提供了一些他声称是那次会议的记录。这些记录与斯托瓦尔的证词相互矛盾，调查人员认为这些记录是伪造的。
Queen was placed on administrative leave from Southwestern in June 2023. He subsequently resigned and then assumed the role of pastor of Friendly Avenue Baptist Church in Greensboro, North Carolina, in February 2024.
Queen was indicted in May 2024. “My integrity is everything to me, and I will cling to that integrity and seek to be vindicated by God and man,” Queen said at the time.
2023年6月，奎因被西南浸信会神学院停职留薪。随后他辞去了职务，接着在2024年2月担任了北卡罗来纳州格林斯伯勒友好大道浸信会教堂的牧师。
2024年5月，奎因遭到起诉。
当时，奎因表示：“我的诚信对我而言至关重要，我会坚守这份诚信，并寻求在上帝和众人面前洗清冤屈。”
Queen was placed on leave from the church following his indictment. He resigned his post at Friendly Avenue Baptist Church roughly a month after pleading guilty.
“While this has been a challenging season, we continue to trust in God’s sovereignty and remain focused on our mission,” the church said at the time. “As we move forward, we encourage our congregation and the wider community to stay focused on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith.”
奎因被起诉后，他被所在教堂停职。在认罪大约一个月后，他辞去了在友好大道浸信会教堂的职位。
当时，该教堂表示：“尽管这段时期充满挑战，但我们依然坚信上帝的至高权威，并且始终专注于我们的使命。在我们继续前行的过程中，我们鼓励会众以及更广泛的社区将目光聚焦于耶稣——我们信仰的创始者与成全者。”
At Queen’s sentencing hearing on Wednesday (March 5), Judge Lewis A. Kaplan sided with the prosecution’s requested sentence, according to The Tennessean. Queen’s lawyer asked for a sentence that did not include house arrest.
The maximum penalty for the crime to which Queen pleaded guilty is a sentence of up to five years in prison.
据《田纳西人报》报道，在本周三（3月5日）奎因的量刑听证会上，法官刘易斯·A·卡普兰支持了检方所请求的量刑。奎因的律师曾请求量刑不包括居家监禁。
奎因所认罪的罪行的最高刑罚可达入狱五年。
“The defendant insists that his conduct had no ill effect but that too is untrue,” prosecutors said in a letter to Kaplan in February. “The defendant’s repeated lies dragged out the Government’s investigation and distracted resources better spent elsewhere.”
“被告坚称自己的行为并未造成不良影响，但这同样是不实之词，” 检察官在2月写给卡普兰的信中说道，“被告的屡次谎言拖延了政府的调查进程，还分散了本可更好地用在其他地方的资源。”
来源：海棠入梦
