Religion Youth Pastor Watch
posted by on September 25 at 9:36 AM
The Rev. Aaron Joseph Cote, who once served as a pastor at Mother Seton Parish in Germantown, has been indicted on one count of child abuse in a case that alleges he sexually touched a teenage altar boy, according to court records…. [The former altar boy] accused Cote of sexually abusing him from 2001 to 2002, when he was 14 and 15 years old, at locations in Germantown and Washington, D.C. Cote is only charged with abuse that occurred in Germantown, according to the charging documents.Cote was assigned as an associate pastor and youth minister at Mother Seton from 1999 to 2002.
After Rains’ allegations were made in 2003, the Order of Dominican Fathers and Brothers sent Cote for psychological evaluation, conducted an investigation and cleared him of any wrongdoing, church officials have said. Cote then was assigned a position as youth minister and associate pastor at a Providence, R.I., church.
A Duquesne youth minister pleaded guilty to six counts including involuntary manslaughter in the death… last Nov. 20 of Chelsea McAllister of Duquesne….Chelsea was part of a mime troupe that had performed earlier on the night of her death at Grace Community Ministries in Pittsburgh’s Hill District… Police said Owens allowed two boys in the group to see his 16-gauge sawed-off shotgun. Deputy District Attorney Laura Ditka said Owens left the gun behind as he exited the house.
According to a police affidavit, a 14-year-old boy picked up the gun and it went off as Chelsea was entering the house. She was struck in the face.
UPDATE: “Does this mean our financial crisis is over?” asks Justin in comments. “Yeah, I thought you were suspending YPW. What gives?” says Julie. “Country First, Dan.”
Youth Pastor Watch remains suspended, as I wrote yesterday, while I work on solving our financial crisis. But YPW is suspended like the McCain campaign is suspended—you know, the McCain campaign, which is still running attack ads in swing states and sending surrogates to cable TV news programs to attack Barack Obama. The McCain campaign is suspended because McCain says it is, not because it actually is. In the same spirit, YPW is suspended because I say that it is, not because I’ve actually stopped posting YPW items to Slog.
See how that works?
Does this mean our financial crisis is over?
Yeah, I thought you were suspending YPW. What gives? Country First, Dan.
No, no. Youth Pastor Watch is still suspended, just like the McCain campaign... which is running attack ads in swing states and sending surrogates to cable TV news programs to attack Obama. The McCain campaign is suspended because McCain says it is, not because it actually is. In the same spirit, YPW is suspended because I say that it is, not because I've actually stopped posting YPW items to Slog.
See how that works?
Dan, to be fair they were mimes, and mimes deserve death
I get it Dan! Nifty.
Ha! I attended Mother Seton my whole life. Well, right up until I was 15 and wasn't forced to go anymore (which would have been right around 1999). Thankfully, I wasn't really involved there, nor do I remember the youth pastor in question (although I do recall shady circumstances around his departure). But I'm sure I wouldn't have been a target. I was a pretty chubby, obnoxious kid. If I were a youth pastor, I wouldn't have touched me. There were other kids who were way sexier than me.
Um, McCain/Failin ain't just running attack ads in swing states. We are getting them here in Chicago, IL - which is literally Obama's back yard.
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Hah!
The "update:" is priceless. Perfect.
Awesome.
YPW has many things in common with the McCain campaign. They both expose molesters.
Nothing like raping the country like the Republicans have to open peoples eyes. And McCain was right in there giving the country his dirtiest.
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