Texas Megachurch youth leader arrested for child pornography

https://wgme.com/news/nation-world/texas-megachurch-youth-leader-arrested-for-child-pornography

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ThirdWorldOrder@lemm.ee · 79 pts · 1y (2 replies)

On a bingo card this should just be the Free spot

MagicShel@lemmy.zip · 18 pts · 1y (1 reply)

There is a free spot on my bingo card the size of Texas. And Florida.

Actually, we should give up Bingo and start a new game called Headlines. It'll be like Cards Against Humanity, except the black cards will all be "____ arrested for ".

The white cards will all just be various individuals or descriptors like "Hulk Hogan" and "Texas Megachurch youth leader".

After everyone plays, you do a search for the headline and the most recent exact match wins.

I spent more time thinking about this than it's worth, but I'm committed now.

ATDA@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

Ok but no "Diddy" card that's just going to be OP

EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world · 75 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Wild how it’s not a drag queen.

BruceTwarzen@lemm.ee · 39 pts · 1y

It's always the ones you most suspect

PortoPeople@lemm.ee · 34 pts · 1y (5 replies)

Surprising absolutely no one. It's a trope at this point that megachurch pastors and staff are sexual deviants and pedophiles.

Keep your kids safe. Don't let them go to church.

ContrarianTrail@lemm.ee · -10 pts · 1y (4 replies)

Just a friendly reminder that pedophile is not synonymous with child molester. It's a term describing sexual attraction, not behaviour, just like 'heterosexual' is. Simply being a heterosexual doesn't make a man danger to women any more than being pedophile alone makes them danger to children. They have a sense of morality too.

The vast majority of people in prison for child abuse are not, in fact, pedophiles but just good-old rapists. Children unfortunelately simply are an easy target. The capability to rape a person - underage or not - generally requires some levels of narcissism, psychopathy and/or machiavellianism i.e. the 'dark triad' personality.

tee9000@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y (3 replies)

Sucks that he was trying to get help with it. The buck stops at his solicitation of nudes to minors though. He gets what he deserves here.

ContrarianTrail@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Yeah, absolutely. All bets are off once you go from just thoughts to actions.

If I remember correctly, the strongest correlation with offending is proximity to children. So if someone has these tendencies and works in childcare, teaching, a church, or, in this case, as a 'youth leader,' then we're on a bad path there..

candybrie@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y (1 reply)

So keep your kids and the pedophiles safe; don't send your kids to church.

tee9000@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 1y

Did he solicit children from the church? I dont think any of this was in person.

Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world · 33 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Conservatism and pedophilia. Name a more iconic duo.

undercrust@lemmy.ca · 20 pts · 1y

Ooooh I'm gonna have to go with Conservatism and racism. But pedophilia is probably a close third after misogyny.

Zombiepirate@lemmy.world · 31 pts · 1y

Abilene Texas is a wretched hive of Christian nationalism and reactionary entitlement.

I only drive out there because I have family there; my niece was a victim of another pedo pastor there.

solsangraal@lemmy.zip · 20 pts · 1y
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DogPeePoo@lemm.ee · 10 pts · 1y

Texas *MAGAchurch