Posted on July 31, 2008 by dannimoss
Since news stories have a way of disappearing from cyberspace, I’m going to copy this story here. This issue is so relevant and I believe other people in ministry can learn from this man’s experience.
This story is courtesy of wkyt.com.
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A Bullitt County youth minister, once accused of sexually abusing a 15 year-old girl, says [...]
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Posted on July 31, 2008 by dannimoss
I know that there are people seeking this information, so I am going to post this one as is. This story is courtesy of Gazette.net.
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By Patricia M. Murret
A former Baptist minister and youth choir director in Gaithersburg pleaded guilty last week to child abuse of a female youth choir singer that occurred over four [...]
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Posted on July 30, 2008 by dannimoss
This is such a great story I had to copy the entire thing. I think he handled it with dignity and grace, as well.
This story is courtesy of WHAS11.com.
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(WHAS11) – Clayton Pruett got a little piece of his life back.
Clayton Pruett said, “It feels great it can show everybody what we’ve known all [...]
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Posted on July 29, 2008 by dannimoss
Sunday in church one of my pastors used this video clip to illustrate a point. I was particularly struck by it. Watch the clip and then read why.
I was a bit discouraged Sunday as I went to church. Not a big deal but there were a couple things [...]
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Posted on July 29, 2008 by dannimoss
Pastor Michael Lee of Pataskala, Ohio, has been charged with one count of gross sexual imposition, a third-degree felony, for allegedly sexually abusing a five-year old boy over a three-year period. The linked article reports that Lee subsequently failed a lie detector test, to which he voluntarily submitted.
He is presently free on $5000 bond [...]
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Posted on July 28, 2008 by dannimoss
This story just goes from bad to worse.
On Wednesday, July 23, 2008, 37-year old Mark Evan Brown was arrested and charged with third-degree child rape for allegedly encouraging a 14-year-old female student to run away from home and providing her with a room at Highland Christian School in Arlington, Washington, where he is the principal. [...]
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Posted on July 27, 2008 by dannimoss
By Christa Brown
07-26-2008
SNAP members handed out flyers at a Virginia courthouse yesterday, urging a stiff sentence for admitted Baptist preacher-predator George Lowe.
Ben Marsh is the courageous man who brought Lowe to justice.
Lowe molested Ben two decades ago when Ben was a 15-year-old church boy who had gone to Lowe for counseling.
Several years later, [...]
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