South Carolina pastor, wife arrested after sex offender found working at church preschool

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8I-ThXffYk

 

Victims of a college ministry's sexual abuse seek answers

Victims of a former minister and confessed sex offender say the Assemblies of God, the world's largest Pentecostal denomination, failed to protect them despite knowledge of his actions. NBC News' Kate Snow spoke to survivors who want the church to admit to their wrongdoing and take corrective actions.

Interview: 

https://youtu.be/EL2oGnrwI94?si=jMlr5ibUkB6tX2oz

How the Chi Alpha college ministry failed to stop a sex offender from abusing students in Texas

HOUSTON — Daniel Savala leans back in a cloth armchair, raises his right hand and swears before God that what he's about to say is the truth. 

Looking into the camera, the Pentecostal missionary speaks in slow, measured sentences, describing how, for decades, he gained the trust of college students who came to his ivy-draped bungalow in search of spiritual guidance. Using scripture, he convinced them they could open up about uncomfortable topics like pornography and masturbation. Then he would strike, touching their penises and pressuring them to touch his, all under the guise of bringing them closer to Jesus...

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/chi-alpha-texas-abuse-allegations-christian-missionary-sex-offender-rcna220069

 

Missouri bill would convict teachers of felony, put on sex offender list for trans support - ABC News

If a teacher or counselor "provides support, regardless of whether the support is material, information or other resources," they could be convicted of a Class E felony conviction, facing up to four years in prison or a fine up to $10,000, according to the Missouri Revisor of Statutes. The bill is in the early stages of consideration and is subject to amendments if it progresses through the state Legislature...

https://abcnews.go.com/US/missouri-bill-teachers-support-minors-transitioning-felony-sex-offender-list/story

OAN Host Dubs Biden ‘Groomer-In-Chief’

…It's a tried-and-true gay-bashing technique for the GOP, with a new QAnon twist. Anti-LGBTQ activists and politicians have long fought civil rights advancements by claiming that gay people are secretly sex offenders trying to "groom" vulnerable children…

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/oan-biden-groomer-qanon-republican-senator

Creationists Created Their Own Version of Netflix (Hemant Mehta and Jessica Bluemke, The Friendly Athiest podast #320)

— Creationists just launched a low-budget version of Netflix and I signed up. (2:05)
— A Canadian judge said a Christian father wouldn’t get any say in his kids’ religious upbringing because he’s an extremist. (21:55)
— What’s the greatest mistake in the history of humanity? Dennis Prager, as always, has the wrong answer. (31:52)
— Nigerian police arrested a Humanist leader for alleged blasphemy. (35:37)
— A Christian college knowingly hired a sex predator and the fallout has created all kinds of chaos. (39:15)
— Why are marriage rates going down? One Christian leader blames gay people. (50:10)
— One researcher is working on a prayer study to combat the virus. Thanks for nothing. (55:57)
Interview:
https://soundcloud.com/friendly-atheist-podcast/jwckhnnpu3nvxrfzpcfzjiadaby1-m6ijacnvu7n8ojotp_3

Sex Offenders Were Becoming Cops. After Our Stories, Alaska’s Governor Wants That To End. — ProPublica

Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s proposed law comes after Anchorage Daily News and ProPublica found that dozens of rural Alaskan police officers had been hired despite criminal convictions. ....
https://www.propublica.org/article/sex-offenders-were-becoming-cops-after-our-stories-alaskas-governor-wants-that-to-end

TIL that a child was prosecuted as an adult for having naked images of himself on his own phone

A teenage boy in North Carolina has been prosecuted for having nude pictures of himself on his own mobile phone. The young man, who is now 17 but was 16 at the time the photos were discovered, had to strike a plea deal to avoid potentially going to jail and being registered as a sex offender. Experts condemned the case as ludicrous. The boy was, however, punished by the courts, and had to agree to be subject to warrantless searches by law enforcement for a year, in addition to other penalties....
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/sep/20/teen-prosecuted-naked-images-himself-phone-selfies