Robert Denton, victims’ advocate, to step down
Rev. Robert Denton, executive director of the Victim Assistance Program, talks about his life and work at Victim Assistance. The cross in the window is the Furnace St. Mission. (Ed Suba Jr./Akron Beacon Journal)
Rev. Robert Denton, executive director of the Victim Assistance Program, taken at Victim Assistance. The program is in its 40th year of service this year and Denton is planning on leaving his post to devote his full time energies to the Chaplaincy Center. (Ed Suba Jr./Akron Beacon Journal)
Rev. Robert Denton, executive director of the Victim Assistance Program, talks about his life and work during an interview at Victim Assistance. (Ed Suba Jr./Akron Beacon Journal)
Rev. Robert Denton (right), executive director of the Victim Assistance Program, chats with new Associate Director Leanne Graham in her office at Victim Assistance. The program is in its 40th year of service this year and Denton is planning on leaving his post to devote his full time energies to the Chaplaincy Center. (Ed Suba Jr./Akron Beacon Journal)
Awards received by Rev. Robert Denton, executive director of the Victim Assistance Program, hang on the wall behind him as he talks about his life and work during an interview at Victim Assistance. (Ed Suba Jr./Akron Beacon Journal)
Rev. Robert Denton, executive director of the Victim Assistance Program, talks about his life and work during an interview at Victim Assistance. (Ed Suba Jr./Akron Beacon Journal)
A copy of a 1968 photo of Rev. Robert Denton, executive director of the Victim Assistance Program, talking to a client when it was a halfway house for parolees. (Photo Courtesy of Rev. Robert Denton)
Rev. Robert (Bob) Denton at the Furnace St. Mission in Akron in 1987.(Akron Beacon Journal file photo)
In this 2009 file photo, Rev. Bob Denton (left) and Akron Police Department detective Frank Martucci stand in front of the Furnace Street Mission that will become the Summit County Safety Forces Chaplaincy Center. The facility will be a place where police officers, firefighters, dispatchers and their families can go for counseling and debriefing. (Karen Schiely/Akron Beacon Journal)
In this file photo, Rev. Robert Denton's brother Kenneth Denton and father, Pastor Bill Denton are photographed in front of the Furnace Street Mission in 1963. (Akron Beacon Journal file photo)
In this 2010 file photo, Rev. Bob Denton stands in the spiritual center of the old Furnace Street Mission being converted into the Summit County Safety Forces Chaplaincy. (Paul Tople/Akron Beacon Journal)
Rev. Robert Denton, executive director of the Victim Assistance Program, talks about his life and work. (Ed Suba Jr./Akron Beacon Journal)
Rev. Robert Denton, executive director of the Victim Assistance Program. The program is in its 40th year of service this year and Denton is planning on leaving his post to devote his full time energies to the Chaplaincy Center. (Ed Suba Jr./Akron Beacon Journal)
