Slog - Comments on Youth Pastor Watch http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/maryland_a_priest_accused_of Maryland: A priest accused of abusing an altar boy in 2001 has been charged with child abuse after turning himself in to police Tuesday. The Rev. Aaron Joseph Cote, 56, who was an associate pastor in 2001 and 2002 at Mother Seton parish in Germantown, had been accused of sexual abuse by the former altar boy, Brandon Rains, who filed a lawsuit against him in 2005.... According to Montgomery County police, Cote had been counseling the boy while serving part time as youth minister at Mother Seton. Oregon: A 20-year-old woman who broke her neck while playing on a trampoline... Copyright 2008 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:52:26 -0800 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 16:30:37 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Blunderplank You know somebody was going to ask about the Oregon one so it might as well be me. What does that have to do with the typical sexual abuse? Or are we now hating on [trans] fat people?

]]> Blunderplank http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/maryland_a_priest_accused_of#c1065814 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/maryland_a_priest_accused_of#c1065814 Religion Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:59:15 -0800 Comment by dbell I think Dan has broadened the Youth Pastor Watch (and rightfully so) to include other assaults, maulings, general misanthropy, &c.

]]> dbell http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/maryland_a_priest_accused_of#c1065818 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/maryland_a_priest_accused_of#c1065818 Religion Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:01:19 -0800 Comment by kinaidos A picture of the happy couple:

http://media3.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/photo/2005/11/16/PH2005111602417.jpg

Brandon Rains kind of sounds like a gay pornstar name, so maybe Fr. Aaron has set the boy on the road to a promising career.

]]> kinaidos http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/maryland_a_priest_accused_of#c1065821 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/maryland_a_priest_accused_of#c1065821 Religion Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:03:22 -0800 Comment by Brian Ok the second one is retarded and has nothing to do with the fact that the guy is a youth pastor and everything to do with the fact that the victim is a retard.

]]> Brian http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/maryland_a_priest_accused_of#c1065850 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/maryland_a_priest_accused_of#c1065850 Religion Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:33:55 -0800 Comment by Cook oh man i feel bad for the youth pastor in the second one. i doubt he has smiled much since he nearly killed the lady that's suing him. that BLOWS.

]]> Cook http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/maryland_a_priest_accused_of#c1065860 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/maryland_a_priest_accused_of#c1065860 Religion Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:46:03 -0800 Comment by umvue More youth pastor shenanigans...

Flood Youth Group, open to seventh to 12th graders, is fundraising for a mission trip to Kenya. Youth Pastor North Cady, 23, and his wife Amanda, 21, are spearheading the three-week trip set for June of 2009. About six youth group members will go.

It's a crazy mixed up world.

]]> umvue http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/maryland_a_priest_accused_of#c1065874 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/maryland_a_priest_accused_of#c1065874 Religion Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:25:19 -0800 Comment by keshmeshi Don't feel too bad for the second youth pastor. The trampoline company's the one with deep pockets. They'll be the ones paying out big bucks, if anything at all.

]]> keshmeshi http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/maryland_a_priest_accused_of#c1065876 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/maryland_a_priest_accused_of#c1065876 Religion Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:30:31 -0800 Comment by Josh Carrollhach American Family Association Launches Boycott Against McDonald’s For ‘Promoting The Homosexual Agenda’»

mcdonalds_logoe.gif Today, the right-wing American Family Association (AFA) announced a boycott of McDonald’s. According to AFA, Ronald McDonald and his gang are part of giant gay agenda:

What the boycott of McDonald’s IS about

It is about McDonald’s, as a corporation, refusing to remain neutral in the culture wars. McDonald’s has chosen not to remain neutral but to give the full weight of their corporation to promoting the homosexual agenda, including homosexual marriage.

AFA is upset at McDonald’s for refusing to condemn Vice President of Communications Richard Ellis’s decision to serve on the Board of Directors of the National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC). AFA President Donald Wildmon said the situation is “strange” because “it’s the family that McDonald’s appeals to — children’s playland, you know, all the little toys, all of that. And they are promoting a lifestyle that would utterly destroy the traditional family.”

Eww! I'm on McDonald's side, now?
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/03/mcdonalds-boycott/

]]> Josh Carrollhach http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/maryland_a_priest_accused_of#c1065892 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/maryland_a_priest_accused_of#c1065892 Religion Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:13:19 -0800 Comment by Ayden If there isn't a lot more to the #2 story - WTF?

Multiple people bounce on trampolines all the time.

]]> Ayden http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/maryland_a_priest_accused_of#c1065901 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/maryland_a_priest_accused_of#c1065901 Religion Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:33:18 -0800 Comment by Sirkowski He was trying to trampoline her to heaven.

]]> Sirkowski http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/maryland_a_priest_accused_of#c1065915 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/maryland_a_priest_accused_of#c1065915 Religion Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:09:31 -0800 Comment by DB Churches (usually) have liability insurance policies. Insurance companies (usually) have deep pockets...

]]> DB http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/maryland_a_priest_accused_of#c1065948 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/maryland_a_priest_accused_of#c1065948 Religion Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:10:25 -0800 Comment by DB Churches (usually) have liability insurance policies. Insurance companies (usually) have deep pockets...

]]> DB http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/maryland_a_priest_accused_of#c1065949 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/maryland_a_priest_accused_of#c1065949 Religion Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:10:40 -0800 Comment by Justin Dude, do you even read these before you post them anymore?

]]> Justin http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/maryland_a_priest_accused_of#c1065990 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/maryland_a_priest_accused_of#c1065990 Religion Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:18:29 -0800 Comment by Ronni Mac if your nasty! Clowns,McDonald's and SSP!Is the the Slogbeing influenced by Ronald McFondle today or what?

]]> Ronni Mac if your nasty! http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/maryland_a_priest_accused_of#c1065997 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/maryland_a_priest_accused_of#c1065997 Religion Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:39:01 -0800 Comment by Gloria Jeez, I hate to be the one to say it, but I think #2 is supposed to be a joke. Lighten up.

]]> Gloria http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/maryland_a_priest_accused_of#c1066028 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/maryland_a_priest_accused_of#c1066028 Religion Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:26:29 -0800 Comment by Hartiepie @15 ---a joke?

Where?

What is funny?

Who is supposed to be humorous here?

]]> Hartiepie http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/maryland_a_priest_accused_of#c1066102 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/maryland_a_priest_accused_of#c1066102 Religion Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:33:26 -0800 Comment by Vince Religion gets federal tax dollars to promote
pedophelia. Thanks Obama!

]]> Vince http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/maryland_a_priest_accused_of#c1066138 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/maryland_a_priest_accused_of#c1066138 Religion Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:42:24 -0800 Comment by nnaoosls A priest, pervert and pedophile walk into a bar, he orders a drink...

]]> nnaoosls http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/maryland_a_priest_accused_of#c1066253 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/maryland_a_priest_accused_of#c1066253 Religion Sat, 05 Jul 2008 06:57:54 -0800 Comment by Thisbe Anecdotes presented as evidence are boring.

]]> Thisbe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/maryland_a_priest_accused_of#c1066310 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/maryland_a_priest_accused_of#c1066310 Religion Sat, 05 Jul 2008 16:30:37 -0800