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Yesterday we wondered who would want to stab a pastor, and today we found out the answer. Even as the Reverend Phillip Mann's parishioners were beginning to mourn their lost leader NYPD officers were arresting "44-year-old career criminal" David Jordon for the murder.
Jordon, who has been charged with second-degree murder, was the last person seen with Mann, and is seen leaving Mann's apartment alone in security tapes. Currently under probation, Jordon was working as a handyman at the Blessed Trinity Baptist Church that the Reverand started.
During his perp walk outside of the 23rd Precinct Jordon stopped to try to explain himself to reporters. Basically using the gay panic defense Jordon claims he stabbed Mann because he tried to sleep with him. "I'm not a homosexual," he claimed. Continuing, Jordon claimed that when he rebuffed him the pastor took out a knife and Jordon's only option was to take it and stab Mann. But considering that Mann's body "had been stabbed at least eight times" we have trouble believing much of that story.
What's really crushing about this story though are the number of heartfelt anecdotes that everyone seems to have about the Pastor. Even his estranged wife had sweet things to say about him: "He always found the good in everyone. When you're dealing with someone who is so willing to help you, why would you have to hurt that person?"
Reverend Mann lived on the eighth floor of the Arthur Shomberg Towers, right.
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I'm always troubled by bisexual allegations involving married clergymen. I hope this pastor was not a predator.
Gay panic defense. Rough sex defense.
Shakespeare was right about lawyers: see Henry VI (Act IV, Part 2).
So if I kill a woman I can use a "straight panic" defense? How does this even get serious consideration?
How about black panic? Jew panic? Fat panic?
The whole argument is absurd.
Well, yeah, as long as you don't believe that the pastor first wielded the knife (and who would), he's got nothing. Rot in jail, scumbag!
You say this guy was a "career criminal"?
I believe that the Dorrians have a job opening for a bouncer. It looks like this guy has all the right qualifications.
The 68 year old pastor so wanted sex with the strapping 44 year old man that he pulled a knife. Yeah, right.
I hope that there's a special place in hell for those who so horribly betray the kindness and hospitality of those who just offer it expecting a simple thank you. This guy is not the first.
It saddens me to hear that this type of defense is something that can still be seen as valid. I knew Reverend Mann ever since I was a child. He was a very close friend of my family's. We are all in shock over his untimely death. He was the type of person who would find furniture for your home if you didn't have any. He would write a referral letter for you if you needed one for work or school. He would make sure your event was supported and attended. He would make sure you would have a job if you just got out of prison. He was funny sweet, kind and loving. He was like an uncle to me and I loved him. He did not ever display the kind of disposition that would indicate that he would engage in that kind of behavior, trying to force himself on someone, gay or straight. My family also met the young man that has been arrested and it is my understanding that he has a long criminal history and Reverend Mann was helping him get back on his feet and get his life together after he got out of prison. A major question for me is if this did happen as he said then why didn't he leave right away? Rev. Mann wasn't found near the door which means he wasn't blocking his way out. Why stab him eight times? Why not call the police right away if he was being attacked and was only defending himself? Why is this story now being told only after he was in police custody for over twenty hours? I only hope that people will recognize that this tragic situation happened to a man who championed the rights of the poor and that he will be remembered for that and I hope his memory will not be marred by the raving desperate accusations of a deeply disturbed man. I will miss Rev. Mann and my thoughts and prayers and the love of my family will be with him always.