Slog - Comments on Youth Pastor Watch http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/youth_pastor_watch_6 Florida: Marshal Seymour, the married church volunteer charged with molesting three teenage boys he met through the First Baptist Church at the Mall in Lakeland, was refused Thursday in his bid to get his bail reduced from $325,000 to $21,000.... Judge Donald Jacobsen heard testimony from Lakeland police Detective Richard Rose that Seymour had confessed to some of the crimes he was accused of, including a confession that Seymour performed a sex act on a teenage boy he met through the church. Rose also testified that he has spoken to 12 to 15 additional potential victims and said he has... Copyright 2008 Mon, 12 Nov 2007 14:46:24 -0800 Mon, 12 Nov 2007 22:05:31 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Just Me But the pastor said I had to blow on Gideon's Trumpet to get into heaven!?

]]> Just Me http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/youth_pastor_watch_6#c846981 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/youth_pastor_watch_6#c846981 Religion Mon, 12 Nov 2007 15:07:22 -0800 Comment by Michigan Matt @1--Do you mean Gabriel's Trumpet? Blow, Gabriel, Blow!

]]> Michigan Matt http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/youth_pastor_watch_6#c846999 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/youth_pastor_watch_6#c846999 Religion Mon, 12 Nov 2007 15:18:39 -0800 Comment by infrequent it was really more of a flute.

]]> infrequent http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/youth_pastor_watch_6#c847001 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/youth_pastor_watch_6#c847001 Religion Mon, 12 Nov 2007 15:21:45 -0800 Comment by michael strangeways It's sad and ironic that the blog at the NAMBLA website has a weekly column called "Pastor Youth Watch"....

]]> michael strangeways http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/youth_pastor_watch_6#c847006 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/youth_pastor_watch_6#c847006 Religion Mon, 12 Nov 2007 15:23:41 -0800 Comment by Wowza I have an obtuse, but serious, question : $21,000? What kind of a figure is that?

]]> Wowza http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/youth_pastor_watch_6#c847011 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/youth_pastor_watch_6#c847011 Religion Mon, 12 Nov 2007 15:27:59 -0800 Comment by Westside forever Assembly of God, hmmm, pretty literalist branch of evangelical Christianity. I guess this guy's interpreting the "spare the rod,spoil the child" verse a little too liberally.

]]> Westside forever http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/youth_pastor_watch_6#c847036 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/youth_pastor_watch_6#c847036 Religion Mon, 12 Nov 2007 15:53:04 -0800 Comment by subwlf Wowza - Sorry that is the figure that he had managed to embezzle from his church so far. He really wasn't very successful... Caught after less than 20 boys and only 21,000. Sad, really.
(tongue in cheek)

]]> subwlf http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/youth_pastor_watch_6#c847043 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/youth_pastor_watch_6#c847043 Religion Mon, 12 Nov 2007 16:00:56 -0800 Comment by Sargon Bighorn It's odd that churches can be placed so close to schools! WHEN will we all stand up and demand that churches be placed the same distance away from schools as the bars, taverns, porn shops, and liquor stores because as we know churches through out history have caused so much suffering to human-kind.

]]> Sargon Bighorn http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/youth_pastor_watch_6#c847076 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/youth_pastor_watch_6#c847076 Religion Mon, 12 Nov 2007 16:48:01 -0800 Comment by Chris in Tampa With all of these pastors getting charged with sex and embezzlement crimes over the past few months, I can see only one clear, rational conclusion: It must be a Secular Oppression Conspiracy to frame as many Christians as possible in an attempt to discredit the Truth of God.

Time to unleash the Jesus Camp trainees!

]]> Chris in Tampa http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/youth_pastor_watch_6#c847292 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/youth_pastor_watch_6#c847292 Religion Mon, 12 Nov 2007 22:05:31 -0800