An abortionist who failed to report several cases of statutory rape to authorities as required by law may get off without a criminal record, paying a modest fee and serving a minimal amount of community service.

Dr. Ulrich “George” Klopfer failed to report an abortion he performed on a 13-year-old girl in South Bend, Indiana, in 2013.

Having sex with a minor 13 or younger in the state of Indiana is prosecuted as a felony, and abortionists must report performing abortions on young girls to the Department of Child Services and the Indiana State Department of Health within three days.

Klopfer withheld reports for as much as half a year, giving a child molester the opportunity to victimize his target again and again.

St. Joseph County Prosecutor's office charged Klopfer with a misdemeanor.

On Monday, the office entered a pre-trial diversion on Klopfer's behalf. Klopfer will have all charges expunged from his record by next December if he pays $330 in fines, does 24 hours of community service, and does not commit additional crimes or move without informing the office, according to the terms reported to the South Bend Tribune on Friday.

Klopfer also failed to report the abortion of another minor in nearby Lake County, leading to a second misdemeanor charge.

In a third instance, Klopfer performed an abortion on a young black girl at Fort Wayne Women's Health Organization on February 7, 2013. He did not report the abortion until July 25, more than six months later.

Klopfer, who lives in Illinois, was unrepentant. He told Sofia Resnick of RH Reality Check that he encourages girls under 14 to go to Illinois or Ohio in order to avoid such reporting requirements. He added that perhaps one-third of the young girls he talks to take his advice.

Authorities have since charged the Fort Wayne girl's alleged abuser, Ronte Latham, with child molestation.

If the most flamboyant, Klopfer is far from alone in flouting state law designed to protect young girls from serial molestation. Between 58 and 75 percent of abortions performed on Indiana girls under the age of 14 were not reported in accordance with the law, according to an investigation by Amanda Gray of the South Bend Tribune.

The Indiana Medical Licensing Board will review the case of Klopfer along with Dr. Resad Pasic, Dr. Kathleen Glover, and Dr. Raymond Robinson next January.

The Medical Licensing Board has yet to set a date for Klopfer's hearing.

The local government considered an ordinance requiring that abortionists have admitting privileges. The St. Joseph County Council Committee decided against the ordinance last Tuesday, despite testimony from Dr. Donna Harrison of the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists (AAPLOG) that such agreements are necessary for continuity of care.

St. Joseph County is home to South Bend, the home of the nation's most conspicuous Catholic college, the University of Notre Dame. 

The topless protester with the notorious feminist group Femen who disrupted Christmas Eve Mass in Cologne, Germany, last year by jumping on top of the altar with the words “I am God” scrawled across her torso, stood trial on Wednesday in the western German city, charged with "disturbance of the free practice of religion."

While Josephine Witt faced up to three years in jail, in the end she was fined the equivalent of about 1,500 USD.

"This was a particularly serious disturbance of a church service and we very much appreciate that the court sent a clear signal," Cologne Cathedral provost Norbert Feldhoff said, according to NBC News.

"Altar boys and children in our choir were traumatized. Many visiting parents complained about the psychological effects on their children. One of the altar boys stayed away from church service for two to three weeks,” he continued. "This isn't just about the Catholic Church, it's about free practice of religion in its widest sense, it's about living together peacefully.”

After the disturbance, Cardinal Joachim Meisner, the then-Archbishop of Cologne who was celebrating the Mass, told the worshippers, "I'm 80 years old. I've lived through so much. First the Nazi period, then the entire Communist period. Something like this can't shock me after that."

According to Femen’s website at the time, the act was a protest “against the Vatican propaganda about criminalization of abortion.”

In a bizarre and disjointed post about the incident, Femen wrote: “Europe, wake up, you have to be an idiot to take seriously these sermons parody inquisitors (sic). Everything smells of rot should be buried immediately (sic)! Long live woman! Long live the science! My pussy my rules! I AM GOD!”

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The group warned the Catholic Church of “further retribution” if Witt is not released. “An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth,” they wrote.

Following the incident, even leftist leaders condemned Witt’s actions. “The action by Femen in Cologne cathedral was disrespectful and an unnecessary disturbance of worshippers during a service,” said Volker Beck, religion spokesperson for the left-wing Green Party.

Femen, whose slogan is, “Our mission is protest, our weapons are bare breasts,” was founded in Ukraine in 2008 by Viktor Svyatski, who said in a documentary that he started the group as a way "to get girls."

The group, no longer headed by Svyatski, has since relocated to Paris after Ukraine police launched an official investigation following the discovery of weapons and explosives at Femen's Kyiv offices.

Femen has made a name for itself around the world for staging a series of obscene topless protests, including attacking Belgian Archbishop Andre-Joseph Leonard with water, parading topless in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, protesting against government plans in Ukraine to outlaw abortion in some circumstances, and chainsawing Orthodox crosses in the wake of the conviction of a Russian punk band for desecration of Moscow's Russian Orthodox Cathedral of Christ the Saviour.

Athletes in Minnesota’s public schools who say they identify as the sex opposite their biological sex have won the right to shower with athletes of the opposite sex, as well as share locker rooms and hotel rooms.

On Thursday, the Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL) approved criteria that will create eligibility standards for schools to let transgendered students on single-sex sports teams. Students would be allowed to be on a team of the opposite gender if parents or guardians, as well as a health care professional, sign written statements affirming a student's “consistent or sincerely held gender-related identity.”

A draft form of the policy said that hormone treatments for males attempting to become female must have begun before any males may participate in female sports.

The debate over whether to allow transgendered students, especially males, to play on opposite-gender teams and use their restroom, locker, and travel hotel facilities lasted for months, and went through several draft forms. The final vote by the MSHSL board was 18-2, with one member abstaining and one member opposing.

The board member who opposed the change was Emmett Keenan, who said that he was concerned that the religious exemption was not enough. Additionally, said Keenan, "I’m not sure we’ve heard enough yet about the safety of girls in relationship to a transgender male-to-female playing on girls’ sports teams.”

The board had been expected to approve a draft proposal in October, but delayed a final decision until this week.

The board's decision was opposed by The Child Protection League, a grassroots organization of concerned parents, which put out a full-page ad stating: “A male wants to shower beside your 14-year-old daughter. Are you OK with that?”

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Likewise, the Minnesota Catholic Conference has launched an online petition campaign listing numerous concerns with the policy. According to the Conference, the draft the board delayed a vote on "relies upon a contested view of gender identity confusion that could do students struggling with their gender more harm than good." It also violates Minnesota law related to "religious or conscientious objections" to the policy, says the Conference, and "could alter the competitive fairness in girls' athletics."

The Star-Tribune reports that in the meeting for the final vote, supporters and opponents packed the room. One supporter, OutFront Minnesota's executive director Monica Meyer, said, “All students want is a safe place to just be who they are. That includes in the classroom, on the court or field.”

League Executive Director Dave Stead said that while "a limited number of schools" told him that they "'don't like the idea'" of the new policy, discussions have led to those schools saying that they "still don't like the idea, but I’m supportive of the initiative of trying to give us direction.’” Stead also said the transgender vote would not affect League membership.

At least a dozen states have similar athlete policies. In Minnesota, transgender eligibility will be decided by activities directors at individual schools, with an independent officer hearing appeals.