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A pastor who was "betrothed" to a child, then abused her, is finally in custody
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this post was submitted on 10 May 2024
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Paragons of Virtue Arrested
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It's time to name and shame the self-proclaimed paragons of virtue. Keep it civil, though.
Stories are about those who have been placed in positions of trust, and then abused that trust.
Feel free to add stories of the self-righteous from other walks of life.
New rule: With regard to stories of particularly, but not only, female teachers sexually assaulting students. Any comments similar to "where were they when I was in school" will earn you the right to find another forum.
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They went with it because religion. Dumb bullshit religion.
According to another youth pastor at the church, this was a religious community that held very conservative, very puritanical, very misogynistic beliefs about the subject. The church believed “if a man lusted for a woman, it was the woman’s fault.” Even if the girl knew something was wrong, she likely believed she couldn’t tell church leaders what was happening because they would have blamed her.
The pastor of the church back then, Fred Hoover, had misgivings about the relationship when he first learned about it. But according to Hoover’s son, the families persuaded him to support the plan by citing the marriage of Joseph and Mary in the Bible. Mary was much, much younger than Joseph and “how could they be against God’s will”? It was Hoover who blessed the relationship… but only after both families agreed there would be no dating or kissing before the girl became a legal adult. (By this point, however, he had allegedly assaulted her many times over.)
No one should allow religion and it's dumbass bullshit made up stories to have that much of a sway over your life. Especially if you're a fucking pastor.