Monday, April 20, 2009

These Are People We Trust?

Every week I see one of these over at Joe.My.God and every week it fascinates me because these are the people we are told we can trust and infuriates me because these are the people we are told we can trust and saddens me because these are the people we are told we can trust.
For whatever reason, here's This Week In Holy Crime from Joe.My.God.
Over the last seven days....
Florida: Pastor James Harris arrested for filming high school football players having sex in return for the promise of NFL careers. Some say this has gone on for decades.
California: Father Antonio Cortes arrested for unlawful sexual behavior with a minor.
Kansas: Pastor Alfred White nearly beats woman to death in dispute over whether he fathered her baby.
West Virginia: Pastor Timothy Edmunds sentenced to 10-20 years for sexual assault of minor.
Arizona: Pastor Charles Carfrey charged with sexual conduct with a minor, sexual abuse, and running a crime syndicate.
California: Pastors Richard and Philip Cunningham (father and son) charged with embezzling over $1M from their church.
Delaware: Pastor Timothy McDorman arrested for rape and possession of child pornography.
Washington: Youth minister Bryce Record charged with molesting five girls and one boy ages 3-9 years old.
New York: Pastors Gregorio Gonzalez and Gerardo Bello charged with grand larceny and scheme to defraud in selling of bogus immigration papers.
Missouri: Pastor David Ballinger confesses to molesting two girls under 14.
This week's winner:
New York - Four ministers in the Queens-based Local Christian Assembly Church charged with defrauding congregants of $9.3M in an investment scam that "preyed on the elderly and disabled." The men of God spent their parishioners' millions on jewelry, vacations, designer clothes, and a $200,000 Bentley.

1 comment:

Say anything, but keep it civil .......