Religion Youth Pastor Watch
posted by on January 21 at 14:00 PM
The Sequoyah County District Attorney’s office on Tuesday filed a notice of intent to introduce evidence of other wrongs in the case of a youth minister accused of making indecent proposals to a 14-year-old girl….According to court records, Sequoyah County Sheriff’s Deputy Cindy Smith received a report on June 29 from a girl, who was 13 at the time.
The girl relayed to police several alleged conversations that she had with [Spencer] Tally that became sexual…. According to court records, Tally admitted that one of the girl’s friends told him the girl liked him. Smith asked Tally if he noticed any odd behavior by the girl, to which he said he noticed she may have been flirting with him, but nothing more. He also said the girl had been dressing differently lately. Smith asked Tally if he found it odd that the girl and Tally had so many phone conversations over a short period, to which he replied that he had to be available for the youth.
you have to be available to youth when you are a committed christian called to christ.
Jesus loves all the little children
Can't we all just be available err.. I mean friends?
Remember guys, you have to avoid not just inappropriate behavior but also the appearance of inappropriate behavior.
The full article mentions (alleged) lewd text messages sent by the pastor to the girl. I find it difficult to condemn a man on the unsubstantiated word of another, but if he left a digital trail he dug his own grave.
Even if she likes you, it's not appropriate to send a 13-year-old sexy messages. That goes without saying, right?
what i notice missing from this story is the adult/friend who contacted authorities. usually a mom or a friend or someone else learns of the "relationship" and calls the police. in this case, it seems the girl was the one who made the call.
Honestly, I am kinda on the pastor's side for this one a little. But only a little. Youthgroupie girls learn to cruise for men before kids that age even know what cruising is. And they usually get them.
@6: Weird... I see what you mean--the article states that the girl made the report. But why?
Perhaps she was forced to by her parents?
If you have a youth minister, chances are your parents have some expectation of you maintaining your "godly" virtue. Get busted flirting with your youth minister? You probably don't dare tell them that you had a crush on the man. You've got five more years under their roof, after all. And then the story changes...
Or, maybe she got in over her head. I remember being attracted to men at a fairly young age, but I wouldn't have known what to do with one if it had gotten that far.
Or hell, maybe she's a budding sociopath. Ever heard the song "Missed Me" by the Dresden Dolls?
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