Comments on: Sex rears its ugly head at Texas mega-church

By: Valdemar

Valdemar — Mon, 19 May 2008 17:28:26 +0000

Stuart H. makes a good point. There’s something about religion, particularly the wilder and (inevitably) more bigoted variety, that attracts these nasty types. Perhaps it’s the fact that they are already inclined to manipulate, exploit and bully weaker-willed people, so the church seems a natural career move?

By: Steve

Steve — Sun, 18 May 2008 23:30:38 +0000

This brings it to a new level of, “the devil made me do it” mode of thinking by these idiots. The enemy, to whom the good Dr. Graham refers, is nothing short of the representative of the dark side, Satan himself. Surely the moral superiority that these pious clergy have over the debauched atheists, were it to be true,should have prevented minister Barron from seeking the company of a thirteen year old child. Maybe he thought his god wasn’t watching just then.

By: Stuart H.

Stuart H. — Sun, 18 May 2008 18:51:30 +0000

We think this only happens in the US, but when someone from a pentecostal church whose previous pastor was put away for underage sex offences was approved as a local prison chaplain I did a little more digging.
Much to my suprise I found that over the last decade almost as many clergy have entered that prison as prisoners as have worked there as chaplains.
Study your local newspapers closely over a period of, say, a year and you might be suprised at what you find.