Metropolitan Archbishop Joseph Thaddeus

Aliases:
Roger Alan Harris
Roger Harris
Rodger Allan Harris
Rodger Alan Harris
Rodger A. Harris
Alan S. Stanford
Alan Skip Stanford

DOB: 2/4/1940

Convicted

Birth Place: NY; Race: white; Sex: male; Height: 5'7”; Weight: 160 lbs.; Hair: Brown; Eyes: Blue

Idaho Sex Offender Registry, 2010

Newspaper photo, early 1990s

Metropolitan Archbishop Joseph Thaddeus is the head of the American Orthodox Church, also called the North America Orthodox Church.

Thaddeus was convicted of child sexual abuse in 1991 and was sentenced to 13 years and four months in state prison. He pleaded no contest to three counts of oral copulation with a child under the age of 18, and two counts of lewd and lascivious acts with a child under the age of 14. Both of the victims were male.

The metropolitan had a previous conviction in 1966 for annoying/molesting children.

Thaddeus and his church were for many years located in New Mexico. However, in 2009 the metropolitan relocated to Idaho. He can be found on the Idaho sex offender registry by searching under his legal name, ”Alan S. Stanford.” ”Joseph Thaddeus” is listed among his aliases.

Date of Conviction: 11/19/1991
Place of Conviction: Sonoma County, California
Offenses: 2 counts of oral copulation with a person under the age of 18; 3 counts of lewd or lascivious acts with a child under the age of 14

Date of Conviction: 9/21/1966
Place of Conviction: Redding County, California
Offense: 1 count of annoying/molesting children