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News & ArtsMonday, February 22, 2010
Religion Youth Pastor Watch
Posted by Dan Savage on Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 9:30 AM
Police said the Danbury youth counselor accused of sexually abusing several young men admitted having oral sex with at least one of his alleged victims but insisted he wasn't gay and was saving himself for marriage. Troy Grant, a minister and former executive director of the Pathways Danbury program for at-risk youth, told investigators he had consensual sexual activity with a 16-year-old boy whose aunt had placed him with Grant late last year. "(It) was more a release for me, because I am engaged to a woman I have not been sexual with yet," Grant told police, according to an arrest warrant affidavit made public Tuesday in state Superior Court on White Street. "We are getting married in August of 2010, and I do not want to have sex before marriage," police quoted Grant as saying.
Utah:
A Weber County LDS youth leader has been arrested on suspicion of sexual abuse, and police believe there may be more victims. Cory C. Campbell, 37, of Farr West, is accused of inappropriately touching three teenage girls, ages 14 and 15, said Weber County sheriff's Capt. Klint Anderson. The alleged abuse happened at his home on the 2500 block of Remuda Drive and did not immediately appear to be related to his position as a leader of teenage boys with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Anderson said. The alleged abuse started in October. All three girls are friends, Anderson said.
There are now at least two young girls accusing Stewart Newman, 38, with sexual abuse. Police reports obtained by KETV NewsWatch 7 show an 11-year-old girl's mother told police on Thursday that her daughter was sexually assaulted by Newman between September and December of 2009 while attending a fighting class at King of King's Lutheran Church. Last Wednesday, the Omaha youth minister who works with children as a martial arts instructor, band leader and choir director was charged with sexually abusing a 10-year-old girl. That alleged victim said she was sexually assaulted by Stewart Newman for four years.
Saying a former Gainesville youth minister’s breach of trust will have a lifelong impact on two young men, a judge sentenced the convicted child molester to 18 years in prison Tuesday. Phillip Glenn Terrell, 38, pleaded guilty Tuesday to molesting two teenage boys at the Emmanuel Baptist Church on Atlanta Highway in 2006. Terrell was the leader of the small congregation’s youth group. The congregation has since moved from the brick church on Atlanta Highway and changed its name.... Terrell was hired by Emmanuel Baptist in 2003, two years after he was acquitted of child molestation in Paulding County.
A former York County youth pastor was convicted Thursday of nine felony charges related to multiple sexual encounters he had with two underage girls. Jeremy "Jack" Ryan Duffer, a 40-year-old former youth pastor at Seaford Baptist Church, pleaded guilty in York-Poquoson Circuit Court to eight charges of aggravated sexual battery with a child between the ages of 13 and 17 and a single count of taking indecent liberties with a child. In return, nine additional charges of aggravated sexual battery were dropped by the prosecution.... Duffer was hired by Seaford Baptist Church in early 2007. Biographical information on the church's Web site said Duffer had worked as a pastor for 17 years.
A 37-year-old Port Huron man with ties to youth ministry was arraigned Friday on child pornography charges, police said. Nicholas Arthur Carnes was charged in St. Clair County District Court with possession of sexually abusive materials. Carnes was arrested after police found he had been collecting sexually explicit photos of minors... Mitch Olson, a former youth pastor at Hillside Wesleyan Church in Clyde Township, said Carnes worked closely with children at the church.
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Seriously, I take one look at these guys and - although I'm somewhat loathe to make such generalizations - I can't help but think most of them LOOK unquestionably like super-creepy guys no parent would want your kids anywhere near under any circumstances.
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Well, to be fair, Comte, no one looks their best in a booking photo. Especially not when you've just been popped for kiddly-diddling. I'm sure these guys were all very charming when they were luring their victims into the basement.
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Jeezus what a bunch of nasty looking motherfuckers. And, I'm not gay I just like to suck little boys dicks so I can save myself for marriage? Wow.
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@1: Holy tuft, Fnarf. I was thinking the same.
I think it's time to declare the goatee as the new American mullet. bonus points if the goatee sporter is wearing a dome head.
By contrast, mullets are almost cool again.
Second? There must be sth about youth pastors in their late 30s which tips them off to authorities.
I think it's time to declare the goatee as the new American mullet. bonus points if the goatee sporter is wearing a dome head.
By contrast, mullets are almost cool again.
Second? There must be sth about youth pastors in their late 30s which tips them off to authorities.
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Hey!
Finally got the "Georgia" right!
You list a guy in the 'Watch' FIVE times and even Dan can finally get the state right.....
Finally got the "Georgia" right!
You list a guy in the 'Watch' FIVE times and even Dan can finally get the state right.....
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@8: One out of six at the most. Also, two out of six does not equate to 33.333%, you mathematically inept twat.
The point here is not that "oh, heterosexuals are evil child molesters", but rather "don't trust your church beyond reason to take care of your kids; churches are liable to hire scumbags just because they claim to believe in Jesus".
The point here is not that "oh, heterosexuals are evil child molesters", but rather "don't trust your church beyond reason to take care of your kids; churches are liable to hire scumbags just because they claim to believe in Jesus".
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The guy from Utah was not hired by the church and the victims were family friends not associated with his church activities.
What is the point there?
Oh, and college boy, what DOES two out of six equate to?
The guy from Utah was not hired by the church and the victims were family friends not associated with his church activities.
What is the point there?
Oh, and college boy, what DOES two out of six equate to?
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@14 --- what's your point? His victims weren't part of his youth group apparently, but it says he's a youth pastor.
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@15:
In what math class do they not teach that some fractions are not representable with a finite number of decimal digits?
In what math class do they not teach that some fractions are not representable with a finite number of decimal digits?
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@14, 15: Two out of six equates to 33.333 repeating percent. (Sometimes written as 33.333% with a bar over the threes to the right of the decimal point.) Like Indy (@17) implied.
I just love it when trolls try to correct me on things like this.
Also, @14:
So what if the kids he molested weren't in his church group? Does that mean that he's not a danger to the children that were?
I just love it when trolls try to correct me on things like this.
Also, @14:
So what if the kids he molested weren't in his church group? Does that mean that he's not a danger to the children that were?
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LDS do not have pastors, youth or otherwise.
This is a guy who happens to be LDS who did something despicable not conneceted to the church.
Why is he on the "Watch"?
LDS do not have pastors, youth or otherwise.
This is a guy who happens to be LDS who did something despicable not conneceted to the church.
Why is he on the "Watch"?
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@19 Hmmmm... Well, you sure have me there! Hyuk hyuk hyuk! Those Mormons go off renaming everything, don't they?
".... his position as a leader of teenage boys with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,...."
He was a leader of a boys' group and he abused outside his designated group. No reason he shouldn't be included.
People need to know that just because someone claims the office of "leader" in some religious organization, it doesn't mean shit in terms of him possibly abusing kids.
".... his position as a leader of teenage boys with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,...."
He was a leader of a boys' group and he abused outside his designated group. No reason he shouldn't be included.
People need to know that just because someone claims the office of "leader" in some religious organization, it doesn't mean shit in terms of him possibly abusing kids.
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@18. Really? You're arguing about .0003_% (where the 3 repeats forever)? And you're smug about it?
You're not wrong. You're just a douchebag.
You're not wrong. You're just a douchebag.
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@21: Everyone's a douchebag or a shit in some way or another, in spite of the Christian concept of sainthood. I take math seriously, and if I'm going to be a douche to an internet troll, I'm going to be a douche to one that is bigoted and makes incorrect mathematical statements. Sorry if my smugness offends you, but if so, just suck it, you whiny ass bastard.
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Fnarf,
How can the take a picture of Beavis and NOT include Butt-head? I thought those two were inseparable?
How can the take a picture of Beavis and NOT include Butt-head? I thought those two were inseparable?
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Comte, I think Beavis may have left Butthead behind in the bramble patch they were apparently caught up in.
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By my count, ZERO out of six were openly gay.
So even if we want to pretend, for the benefit of Alleged Bigot's preferences, that molesting boys under your charge should define you as being gay, it still happens to be the case that very few of these cases ever involve *openly gay* men.
They demonize the openly gay men, who aren't the real danger, while creating closeted gay men* with all sorts of pathologies, but whose existence they ignore as long as possible, as long as they *say* they're straight.
*"closeted gay men" here just referring to the men that these bigots consider gay, but who may be pedophiles who shouldn't really be grouped with adult-oriented heterosexuals or homosexuals at all
So even if we want to pretend, for the benefit of Alleged Bigot's preferences, that molesting boys under your charge should define you as being gay, it still happens to be the case that very few of these cases ever involve *openly gay* men.
They demonize the openly gay men, who aren't the real danger, while creating closeted gay men* with all sorts of pathologies, but whose existence they ignore as long as possible, as long as they *say* they're straight.
*"closeted gay men" here just referring to the men that these bigots consider gay, but who may be pedophiles who shouldn't really be grouped with adult-oriented heterosexuals or homosexuals at all
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Now, don't be modest, venom.
Everyone may be a douchebag or a shit in some way or another, but not everyone is a douchebag shit in Every way-
you're special, don't be ashamed to admit it.
@8 didn't say that two out of six was 33.333%- you assumed that.
Remember, every Assumption starts with an Ass.
If, however, you want to quibble with the hypothetical assertion that 33.333% is a reasonable approximation of two sixths you should remember that slog only allows 60 characters in a name and "Thirty Three point Three Three Three percent with a bar over the threes to the right of the decimal point" is more than 60 characters (106 by my count; 106>60; that's also math...) and won't fit.
My my- what ever to do?
At that community college you attend have they taught you that "a little knowledge is a dangerous thing" yet?
While smug assholery about math trivia is probably a real crowd pleaser at the weekly meeting of the Math Club in the real world folks will be much more likely to remember that you are a Smug Asshole than that you are math trivia whiz.
It's called "Life's Skills".
Now, don't be modest, venom.
Everyone may be a douchebag or a shit in some way or another, but not everyone is a douchebag shit in Every way-
you're special, don't be ashamed to admit it.
@8 didn't say that two out of six was 33.333%- you assumed that.
Remember, every Assumption starts with an Ass.
If, however, you want to quibble with the hypothetical assertion that 33.333% is a reasonable approximation of two sixths you should remember that slog only allows 60 characters in a name and "Thirty Three point Three Three Three percent with a bar over the threes to the right of the decimal point" is more than 60 characters (106 by my count; 106>60; that's also math...) and won't fit.
My my- what ever to do?
At that community college you attend have they taught you that "a little knowledge is a dangerous thing" yet?
While smug assholery about math trivia is probably a real crowd pleaser at the weekly meeting of the Math Club in the real world folks will be much more likely to remember that you are a Smug Asshole than that you are math trivia whiz.
It's called "Life's Skills".
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Men who have sex with 16 year old teenagers deserve to be called a lot of things but pedophile isn't one of them.
Since homosexuals are 2% of the population, in a "Watch..." sample of six individuals one would expect to find one eighth* of a pervert.
Having instead two homosexuals in the group means that homosexuals are 17* times as likely to prey on church children as heterosexuals.
What with Slog being a Homosexual Blog and all we wonder if the homosexual Youth Pastors don't deserve their own separate "...Watch" so they can shine.
What do you think, Dan?
*(these are rough calculation, any Life Skill challenged nerds who wish to do the exact math are free to do so, please show your work if you do...)
Men who have sex with 16 year old teenagers deserve to be called a lot of things but pedophile isn't one of them.
Since homosexuals are 2% of the population, in a "Watch..." sample of six individuals one would expect to find one eighth* of a pervert.
Having instead two homosexuals in the group means that homosexuals are 17* times as likely to prey on church children as heterosexuals.
What with Slog being a Homosexual Blog and all we wonder if the homosexual Youth Pastors don't deserve their own separate "...Watch" so they can shine.
What do you think, Dan?
*(these are rough calculation, any Life Skill challenged nerds who wish to do the exact math are free to do so, please show your work if you do...)
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i would just like to say that cory capel used to be my boyscoutleader in westpoint utah we actualy did not know anything about this thing intell the day his son cam to school verry mad and i wonderd what happend so i was watching the news and there he was . he wasw a good scoutn leader but i no every one trusted him because he was envolved in every thing now curlenty he is in prison and has more than 17 years left all i can say is shame on you cory
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