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Paul Pressler, a former Southern Baptist leader accused of sexual abuse, dead at 94
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Never got what he deserved. Shame.
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So not just the cathlic clergy... Christian really does attract a certain type of "man"
Must be nice to have army of brain dead followers to provide cover for your real calling.
Seems to be any position of power with no oversight.
If you have kids, ask questions about the adults in their lives. What are the systems in place to protect them? Are coaches, pastors, teachers, counselors ever alone with your kid? Are sessions recorded?
The Southern Baptists had pretty rampant sexual abuse. It was happening at quite a few churches and victims asked nicely to maybe make a list so other churches would know not to hire the rapists. The church declined saying that Baptist churches are decentralized and there is no central structure to do that. In reality they had been keeping track of perverts for decades and shuffling them around when they inevitably got in trouble again.
Also, the Southern Baptists only exist because they were cool with slavery. Fuck them.
After he does these terrible acts and completely ruins lives while simultaneously pushing an ideology that condemns it. He should’ve been forced to apologize on tv and then some jail time.
Oh no… so anyway, did anyone do anything fun this weekend?
Sat around lamenting the fact that this fucker wasn't forced to swallow tiny glass shards
Well I was supposed to meet up with my ex today but she had something come up so now I don't know what I'm doing today.