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Better outlaw churches and other places predators use, of course that won’t fit Jim’s bogeyman outrage.
This year in Texas, several pastors or staffers of Christian churches have been arrested, charged, or convicted for various allegations of sexual abuse of children:
In Temple, Texas: "At least six local pastors and teachers were named among the hundreds of Baptist leaders accused or found guilty of sexual abuse of children"
Jonathan Ryan Ensey "a pastor’s son and Conroe church worship leader was sentenced to prison... convicted of victimizing a congregant by committing indecency with a child and online solicitation of a minor."
In Austin, Texas: "At least five Austin-area pastors and teachers were named among the hundreds of Baptist leaders accused or found guilty of sexual abuse of children."
Conrad Estrada Valdez, pastor at The Restoration Outreach Christian Church, was sentenced to 14 years in prison for the "sexual assault of a child between the ages of 14 and 17."
Aaron Duane Shipman, lead pastor at Bible Baptist Church in Odessa, allegedly “sexually assaulted a teenage girl for years beginning when she was 16.”
Brian Pounds, minister at First Assembly of God in Vernon, is “accused of giving meth to a 15-year-old girl and raping her at church.”
Jorge Ariel Benavides, pastor at Iglesia Cristiana Casa de Dios, was “arrested for raping a special needs woman.”
David Lloyd Walther, pastor for the Faith Baptist Church in Round Rock, "charged with distribution, receipt, transportation and possession of child pornography."
Conner Jesse Penny, youth pastor at the Inspiration Church in Mesquite, was “charged with one count of Continuous Sexual Abuse of a Child, one count of Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child, and one count of Indecency with a Child.”
Robert Shiflet, a former Denton Bible Church youth pastor, “sexually abused 14 girls at two different churches” and investigation revealed “the red flags the church ignored.”
Timothy Jason Jeltema, student minister at Champion Forest Baptist Church in Houston, "sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to online sexual abuse of a child."
William C. Robinson, a pastor working for Chi Alpha Campus Ministries in Corpus Christi, " charged with continuous sexual abuse of a child, a first-degree felony."
Chad Michael Rider was convicted for collaborating with former Denison Church of the Nazarene pastor David Pettigrew, and persuading "minors into taking sexually explicit photographs."
Lawrence Hopkins, associate pastor at Rollingbrook Fellowship in Baytown, was arrested and "accused of soliciting a minor."
The fact of the matter is that children are almost always assaulted and abused by people within their circle of trust. Predators seek out employment that allows them access.
Posted from my iPhone/Mobile device
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