Slog - Comments on Youth Pastor Watch http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/youth_pastor_watch_46 New York: A former Centereach private school teacher and youth pastor pleaded not guilty Friday to charges of having a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old girl. Rodney A. Jackson Jr., 29, of Patchogue, was arraigned before First District Court Judge John Iliou in Central Islip on charges of third-degree criminal sexual act and endangering the welfare of a minor, according to Suffolk prosecutors. Jackson began a relationship with the student in April 2006 while he was a teacher and youth pastor at the Our Savior New American School, prosecutors said.... School principal Dolores Reade said only that she was not... Copyright 2008 Mon, 19 May 2008 08:03:44 -0800 Mon, 19 May 2008 09:51:49 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by El Seven How do you write about such awful stuff so early in the morning. And on a Monday no less!

]]> El Seven http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/youth_pastor_watch_46#c1027374 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/youth_pastor_watch_46#c1027374 Religion Mon, 19 May 2008 08:09:46 -0800 Comment by Mr. Poe Dan, how did you wake up and write 36 words and bold some shit?

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/youth_pastor_watch_46#c1027375 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/youth_pastor_watch_46#c1027375 Religion Mon, 19 May 2008 08:15:07 -0800 Comment by Balt-O-Matt That's just a little west of where my in-laws live!

]]> Balt-O-Matt http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/youth_pastor_watch_46#c1027376 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/youth_pastor_watch_46#c1027376 Religion Mon, 19 May 2008 08:15:23 -0800 Comment by Dan Savage I don't know how I do it, Mr. Poe. But I'm going to go have a nap now.

]]> Dan Savage http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/youth_pastor_watch_46#c1027377 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/youth_pastor_watch_46#c1027377 Religion Mon, 19 May 2008 08:22:15 -0800 Comment by elenchos Holy shit. I've been ready to just about EXPLODE anticipating when you would finally, finally, finally become Balt-O-Matt. I can die happy now.

]]> elenchos http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/youth_pastor_watch_46#c1027378 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/youth_pastor_watch_46#c1027378 Religion Mon, 19 May 2008 08:23:02 -0800 Comment by Balt-O-Matt @5. Happy to hear it, elenchos. My name on here was a little long during the transition.

]]> Balt-O-Matt http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/youth_pastor_watch_46#c1027379 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/youth_pastor_watch_46#c1027379 Religion Mon, 19 May 2008 08:28:14 -0800 Comment by Fnarf Balt-O-Matt! Balt-O-Matt! Yeah! Finally!

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/youth_pastor_watch_46#c1027383 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/youth_pastor_watch_46#c1027383 Religion Mon, 19 May 2008 08:50:05 -0800 Comment by Mr. Poe I figured it would never happen. Nobody gets out of Michigan alive, and when they do, they die in seven days.

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/youth_pastor_watch_46#c1027386 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/youth_pastor_watch_46#c1027386 Religion Mon, 19 May 2008 08:53:37 -0800 Comment by Balt-O-Matt Now that I'm in Baltimore I'm going to have to start calling you all "hon", start making crab cakes, and figure out how to eat oysters. And I'm going to start using heroin. I'll let you all know how that goes.

Here's hoping I make it through the first week!

]]> Balt-O-Matt http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/youth_pastor_watch_46#c1027394 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/youth_pastor_watch_46#c1027394 Religion Mon, 19 May 2008 09:09:04 -0800 Comment by Dan Savage Hey, Balt-o-Matt? Guess where I am right now? Birmingham, Michigan, just outside of Detroit or something. Missing you.

Oh, and you can't get on the Stranger's website at the Caribou Coffee Company in downtown B'ham, but you can at the Panera Bread Company across the street. Weird.

]]> Dan Savage http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/youth_pastor_watch_46#c1027395 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/youth_pastor_watch_46#c1027395 Religion Mon, 19 May 2008 09:09:08 -0800 Comment by Balt-O-Matt Dan--STFU!! Why are you there? We leave MI whenever you're there! Birmingham is one of those places outside the Ann Arbor bubble that I never visited. Good luck with your visit!

]]> Balt-O-Matt http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/youth_pastor_watch_46#c1027398 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/youth_pastor_watch_46#c1027398 Religion Mon, 19 May 2008 09:11:06 -0800 Comment by romana I hate to be a devil's advocate, but don't you think it's a good idea to only report stories where someone has been found or pleaded guilty? This guy pleaded not guilty...wouldn't it be nice if we all presumed he was innocent until proven otherwise?

]]> romana http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/youth_pastor_watch_46#c1027428 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/youth_pastor_watch_46#c1027428 Religion Mon, 19 May 2008 09:41:26 -0800 Comment by Dan Savage We post stories at Youth Pastor Watch at the time of arrest, when a plea is entered, when stories about the trial appear, and when a verdict is in. Youth Pastor Watch never sleeps.

]]> Dan Savage http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/youth_pastor_watch_46#c1027439 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/youth_pastor_watch_46#c1027439 Religion Mon, 19 May 2008 09:51:49 -0800