Fort Worth pastor arrested on child sex charge

[Bluebear]

Truly, I would think twice about leaving my child in the care of these "youth ministers". Back when I was a kid, the family went to church and that was that, we didn't have specific "youth" pastors. Thoughts?


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FORT WORTH — It began in February when the father overheard his 17-year-old daughter talking inappropriately over the phone.

On the other end of the line, the father said he later learned, was James "Jay" Virtue Robinson IV, pastor of Southwood Baptist Church, which the family had been attending for more than a decade.

The girl acknowledged that she had had a sexual relationship with the 31-year-old pastor.

The outraged father told the church council and several church members. But Robinson, pastor of the church since October 2006, repeatedly denied his accusations.

Eventually, saying he had learned that a relationship had started when his daughter was 16, the father went to police...

"Everybody is supporting the pastor," said a man who answered the phone at the church Wednesday night, where services went on as usual although led by an associate pastor. "The church does not believe the allegations."

http://www.star-telegram.com/news/story/708675.html

[Canuckistanian]

1. Wait, don't tell me....n/t

[leftofthedial]

puh-raze jeezis

and vote republican

[BOSSHOG]

2. "The church does not BELIEVE the allegations."

Nor does the church BELIEVE in evolution. However they do believe in chucklehead politicians who tell them they have values thereby duping the ignorant motherfuckers into voting for them.

I believe knowing shit trumps believing shit about 100% of the time.

What would Jesus believe? (in this case?)

[gatorboy]

3. We had youth pastors. But they were too busy burning KISS records.

Which, as a friend swore to me, "Floated over the fire.." :P

[NotThisTime]

4. Family values you know.... we had one of these youth pastors when I was young...

My mother knew better than to leave me with him, how he stayed in the church I have no idea

[tanyev]

5. "Some members were forcibly escorted from the church by armed guards"

The ones who did not support the pastor. Yikes.

[Ghost in the Machine]

7. D'oh! You beat me to it!

:hi:

[tanyev]

8. I had a slight advantage, having already heard the story on my local news.

Crazy, isn't it?

[Ghost in the Machine]

9. If I can verify he's a repiglican, he's going on the list...

at http://www.republicansexoffenders.com

:evilgrin:

[Ghost in the Machine]

6. Some members were forcibly escorted from the church by armed guards, accused of causing discord,

"Some members were forcibly escorted from the church by armed guards, accused of causing discord, according to documents obtained by the Star-Telegram."

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Armed guards

The council carried out that threat on March 16, according to church members and police reports.

Jon Blackburn, an ordained minister who was at the meeting with the girl’s father, was scheduled to speak that Sunday morning to a Vietnamese congregation that meets in Southwood’s gymnasium. Blackburn is not a member of Southwood but had attended the church regularly for about a year when not speaking at other churches.

When he arrived at Southwood that Sunday, a college-age church member handed Blackburn papers stating that he was no longer permitted at the church.

When Blackburn tried to explain that he was there only to preach to the Vietnamese congregation, the father of the younger man with the papers was summoned, he said.

"He came to me with an armed security guard and asked me if I was going into the service. I again explained that I was not, that I was there to preach for the Vietnamese congregation," Blackburn said. "He goes into the main church sanctuary, obviously to speak to Jay, comes back out and says, 'Jay says you’re not permitted to speak to that church.’ "

[Ghost in the Machine]

10. Kicking... for exposure...

:kick:

[Robeson]

11. Non-sense, he was just practicing Extreme Unction....

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