Why, what a coincidence! Just last night, I was writing a letter to a newspaper that published an article about this. The past few weeks, I have engaged in a campaign to do just that every time I come across yet another article about a child molesting pastor. Gotta keep busy. And this keeps me busy just about every single goddam day.
For some reason.
Enjoy.
Dear Ms. Pair,
Your article on former Youth Pastor Zachary Radcliff— a former church leader, a son of a pastor, and a darling of the kind of religious right organization that regularly throws unfounded accusations about child molestation at LGBT people—showed up on my newsfeed today. I would like to note something. He is not a drag queen. He is not a transgender person. He is not a gay man. He is not a lesbian woman.
What he is, or was, is a Christian pastor. Nearly every day on my newsfeed, I get at least one story, if not more, about yet another professional Christian, usually either a Protestant pastor or Catholic priest arrested, OR convicted, OR sentenced for sex crimes, usually against children, occasionally against adults, mostly women, and occasionally men. Nearly every single day. In 2023, I believe there were close to 300 of these stories— arrested, or convicted, or sentenced, and thus, not all the same guy. And those are just the ones that showed up in my newsfeed.
One of my biggest questions is why mainstream journalism does not look at this phenomenon. Oh, yes indeed, the stories will show up individually, but no one is doing a story about the sheer number of Christian pastors or priests arrested, or convicted, or sentenced. There has been nothing major since the Spotlight series from Boston a generation ago.
This happens very single year. And this is also different than school teachers molesting their students, which is the usual go-to deflection from the religious right. No one claims that school teachers are chosen by God to be teachers, or represent morality. Nor are school teachers pointing at other people and claiming that entire groups of innocent people are the problem. No one is making excuses for school teachers. Rather, they are prosecuting them.
My newsfeed deals with eventsjust in this country alone. If you Google “Catholic priests sexual abuse”, you will also get literally hundreds of thousands of hits, if not millions. You’ll find that the problem is international in scope, with reports that are often horrific. You’ll find out that the problem is at least 1000 years old— google Saint Peter Damien. You will find out that the coverups have been going on for centuries— google Karen Liebreich. If you need something more recent than a 400 year-old scandal, you can learn all about the diocese of New Orleans and the owner of a local sportsball team, and what they did to obfuscate the issue. You will find that the Catholic Church has paid out literally billions to settle abuse cases.
If you Google “Protestant pastor sexual abuse”, rather than Catholics, you will also get literally hundreds of thousands, if not millions of hits. You can Google Ted Haggard, Paul Pressler, or Matt Schlapp. You can also Google the reason why the archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, recently resigned his position, and why the leadership of the Church of England is in turmoil right now. Apart from from a failure of leadership and institutionalized cronyism, what lies underneath is a series of sexual abuse scandals going back decades, and the usual cover-ups, don’t-look-at-me’s, and excuses.
If you Google “drag queen sexual abuse”, you will get a few names over the past few years of people in the drag community who have been associated with sexual abuse. A few names over a few years. If you Google “transgender people and sexual abuse”, you will also get a few names over a few years. Usually, the people that make the news are people with penises, who claimed to be transgender women, who are harassing women. Most people would call them heterosexual men, regardless of appearances.
If you Google “gay men sexual abuse”, you will also get a few hits over the years. Unfortunately, we gay men are not immune to this, but even so, the bulk of sexual abuse, even same-sex abuse, is committed by men who would be called either pedophiles outright, OR heterosexual in terms of their interests, experiences, and history. Google “Boy Scouts sexual abuse”. This went on for decades. And yet, gay men are blamed for the epidemic of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church, as they were by the Boy Scouts, even though known gay people were not allowed in the Scouts. Even though the Catholic Church admitted, through the John Jay report, that gay men were not the problem.
Some of those priests may indeed be same-sex attracted. Some might even be termed homosexual: Cardinal McCarrick comes to mind. None would be termed gay. But without a doubt, every single one of these Catholic men was a priest.
And finally, if you Google “lesbian and sexual abuse“, you will get a very few hits over a few years. Still not a drag queen. Still not transgender.
And yet, the unending story in the mainstream media is all about drag queens and transgender people, occasionally about men who would be termed homosexual. This is one of the places where mainstream newspapers and mainstream journalism are failing.
To summarize then, we have another serial sexual abuser of children who's NOT liberal, NOT atheist, NOT trans, NOT LGBT, and NOT a drag queen. Instead, per the usual pattern, it's one of the 'But, but, THEY'RE the immoral ones!!!' christian nationalists who got a pass because his daddy's the pastor, and nobody bothered to check his background. [Nor did they create an environment where victims felt safe coming forward to report him.]
Sexual abuse is all about getting off on controlling and hurting people weaker than you... I think it is produced by people who grow up in these patriarchal, judgmental families who have to quash their sexuality because their reichwing religion cannot accommodate any sexuality except cis-hetero.
The fact that christianity in general and fundie christianity in particular seems to attract a disproportionate number of pedophiles should be a red flag to any parent. By now, it's clear these religious organizations don't do serious background checks, don't pay attention to signs of sexual abuse, and sure as hell don't protect children in their care.
Who knows. He might be a child victim turned adult predator. Maybe his family or someone near set the stage. .. McDonnie is not much different cuz that kinda evil gotta start young.
Man, those drag queens are losing quite badly in this competition. Not a SINGLE confirmed case of grooming or sexual assault, while the other side already has a YUUUUGE lead!
So we have a child molester, an embezzler, and for a cherry on top, he's anti-trans. And it look as though he's very likely going to go away for a LONG time on those first two counts.
I love the smell of justice in the morning. Smells like ... VICTORY! 😁
The reason they so uncritically support Israel is because they believe the end of the world they want depends on it. They are unable to understand that opposition to the Israeli goverment's genocide against the Palestinians is not the same as antisemetism. The few who do realize that still support the genocide bacause they see it as an extension of the Old Testament conquest of the promised land.
This is why I think the whole concept of an afterlife diminishes the value of real life. You only get one shot at it, there is no rehearsal, no do-overs, and it ain't in no way permanent.
Whereas they actually are anti-semitic, and want the Jewish flocks in Israel to convert, or die horribly in the toxic stew they are making of the planet.
Every accusation a confession. The church only publicly condemned Zach because 𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁. It makes one wonder how many children were abused by others in the church.
How many cross the line from discipline to abuse (and leave it *waaaay* behind) (assuming you don't consider spanking abuse in and of itself) and he has the gall to say supporting your child as ze figures zirself out is child abuse.
I’m sure the pedo in chief will pardon him as soon as he’s convicted. I know he can only pardon federal crimes, but when has the rules ever stopped him before?
I’m sure the church did a thorough background check on him, asked his daddy if he was a good boy. Besides, background checks only go so far, if he’s been protected by the church, his crimes won’t show up. If he’s only ever been employed by this church there’s nothing really to investigate. You cannot do a background check and then leave folks to their devices thinking you’re safe. You need more checks on behavior, like never allowing one adult alone with children, training on recognizing signs of abuse, expecting mandatory reporting and any incident should be referred to the police immediately rather than handling it in house.
Fundamentalist Christianity tells kids that they deserve to burn in a fiery darkness forever simply for being human. So we start off with guilt and shame and fear. Fear of authority.
It tells kids that their bodies belong to God. Denial of bodily autonomy.
It tells kids they should feel guilt and shame about their bodies and sex. Another control method abusers can use to silence kids.
It does not teach children about consent. Yet another plus for molesters and rapists.
All in all, I can't think of a more perfect environment for a child predator and rapist than a fundamentalist environment.
I think it's decades of abuse going on. Pastors were molested and raped as children, told never to tell ANYONE and feel shame for being assaulted, and that fucks up your brain.
And then the pastor grows up and his self hate and shame are directed at victims that can't fight back.
Agree with all of the above. But I will opine with no data whatsoever that the theology also has a hand in *producing* child molesters. You teach some kid guilt, shame etc. about regular emotional feelings, create unachievable expectations of what good adult behavior looks like, then it stands to reason the statistical likelihood of that person being unable to develop normal emotional relationships with adults will go up.
Then there's also the 'abusees often become abusers' problem. If preacher son is molesting children, it may be time to look at preacher dad.
"Boys don't cry" I was 8 years old when my maternal grandmother died. I was *proud* of myself that I didn't cry at her funeral. That is seriously fucked up.
I grew up in the Catholic church where I was taught that just about everything that makes us human is a mortal sin punishable by eternity in a fiery hell.
Pedophiles go where the kids are, and they always have. If there is any upside to this horror, it is that legal authorities are listening to victims now rather than blaming them for daring to tarnish the reputation of a man of God. These incidents are less shocking than they are expected. Predators have been allowed to hide behind their bibles and clerical collars for far to long.
Slowly but surely, the veneer of respectability is being peeled away from these men of the cloth. If, along with that, the general population can begin to understand that faith is NOT a virtue (indeed, anything but!), something very important will have been accomplished.
As many prisons as we have here in the US, I’m not sure there are enough to hold all the sanctimonious fucked up religious child monsters that should be in them.
Zach "Radcliff will stand trial on 17 charges of first-degree criminal sexual conduct, 28 counts of child sexually abusive activity, seven counts of aggravated child sexually abusive activity and seven counts of using a computer to commit a crime."
Children mostly don't need adults to affirm that. I've never needed to 'tell' my kid who he likes and what he feels. I mostly listen, watch, then support.
Kids need adults to tell them their feelings towards other people are okay, normal. That yes you can write them a letter and we'll talk to puppy love's parents about it so they know what's coming. That keep in mind puppy love might say no to your request for a play date or not respond to your letter...but that's okay, you will get over it and we your parents will hug you while you feel bad about it. That yes you can wear that if you want....as long as it includes appropriate sun protection in the summer, so you don't get skin cancer when you're my age.
Any parent who just says "you can't do that, you're a boy" is failing to teach important lessons and setting their kid up for anxiety, stress, and misunderstanding.
Uh...drag queen mote, meet evangelical beam. You want to compare immoral lifestyles? Drag queens wear too much makeup and white after labor day. Your worship leader molested children and paid for it with church funds.
So there maybe some sermons you legit don't want to post on the internet because they give out personal information about your parishoners or church. But outside of that limited exception, it is pretty safe to say that if you don't want your pastor's sermon to be heard by the general public, that's a good indication it maybe time to fire your pastor.
Another day, another right-wing evangelical caught committing the exact sins they claim to condemn. Zach Radcliff, Liberty University grad, CPAC performer, worship leader, and MAGA fanatic, is facing nearly 60 charges of child sexual abuse, with allegations stretching back to 2014. The same man who sat in church interviews decrying “immorality” was, by all accounts, a predator shielded by his faith community. His father, Pastor Frank Radcliff, spent years railing against LGBTQ+ people while his own son used church money to groom and exploit children.
This isn’t a fluke. It’s a pattern. The louder they scream about “protecting children,” the more likely they are the ones hurting them. And yet, the church keeps hiding the truth, deleting sermons, erasing evidence, and making up new enemies to distract their congregation. The real danger was inside their walls all along.
Why, what a coincidence! Just last night, I was writing a letter to a newspaper that published an article about this. The past few weeks, I have engaged in a campaign to do just that every time I come across yet another article about a child molesting pastor. Gotta keep busy. And this keeps me busy just about every single goddam day.
For some reason.
Enjoy.
Dear Ms. Pair,
Your article on former Youth Pastor Zachary Radcliff— a former church leader, a son of a pastor, and a darling of the kind of religious right organization that regularly throws unfounded accusations about child molestation at LGBT people—showed up on my newsfeed today. I would like to note something. He is not a drag queen. He is not a transgender person. He is not a gay man. He is not a lesbian woman.
What he is, or was, is a Christian pastor. Nearly every day on my newsfeed, I get at least one story, if not more, about yet another professional Christian, usually either a Protestant pastor or Catholic priest arrested, OR convicted, OR sentenced for sex crimes, usually against children, occasionally against adults, mostly women, and occasionally men. Nearly every single day. In 2023, I believe there were close to 300 of these stories— arrested, or convicted, or sentenced, and thus, not all the same guy. And those are just the ones that showed up in my newsfeed.
One of my biggest questions is why mainstream journalism does not look at this phenomenon. Oh, yes indeed, the stories will show up individually, but no one is doing a story about the sheer number of Christian pastors or priests arrested, or convicted, or sentenced. There has been nothing major since the Spotlight series from Boston a generation ago.
This happens very single year. And this is also different than school teachers molesting their students, which is the usual go-to deflection from the religious right. No one claims that school teachers are chosen by God to be teachers, or represent morality. Nor are school teachers pointing at other people and claiming that entire groups of innocent people are the problem. No one is making excuses for school teachers. Rather, they are prosecuting them.
My newsfeed deals with eventsjust in this country alone. If you Google “Catholic priests sexual abuse”, you will also get literally hundreds of thousands of hits, if not millions. You’ll find that the problem is international in scope, with reports that are often horrific. You’ll find out that the problem is at least 1000 years old— google Saint Peter Damien. You will find out that the coverups have been going on for centuries— google Karen Liebreich. If you need something more recent than a 400 year-old scandal, you can learn all about the diocese of New Orleans and the owner of a local sportsball team, and what they did to obfuscate the issue. You will find that the Catholic Church has paid out literally billions to settle abuse cases.
If you Google “Protestant pastor sexual abuse”, rather than Catholics, you will also get literally hundreds of thousands, if not millions of hits. You can Google Ted Haggard, Paul Pressler, or Matt Schlapp. You can also Google the reason why the archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, recently resigned his position, and why the leadership of the Church of England is in turmoil right now. Apart from from a failure of leadership and institutionalized cronyism, what lies underneath is a series of sexual abuse scandals going back decades, and the usual cover-ups, don’t-look-at-me’s, and excuses.
If you Google “drag queen sexual abuse”, you will get a few names over the past few years of people in the drag community who have been associated with sexual abuse. A few names over a few years. If you Google “transgender people and sexual abuse”, you will also get a few names over a few years. Usually, the people that make the news are people with penises, who claimed to be transgender women, who are harassing women. Most people would call them heterosexual men, regardless of appearances.
If you Google “gay men sexual abuse”, you will also get a few hits over the years. Unfortunately, we gay men are not immune to this, but even so, the bulk of sexual abuse, even same-sex abuse, is committed by men who would be called either pedophiles outright, OR heterosexual in terms of their interests, experiences, and history. Google “Boy Scouts sexual abuse”. This went on for decades. And yet, gay men are blamed for the epidemic of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church, as they were by the Boy Scouts, even though known gay people were not allowed in the Scouts. Even though the Catholic Church admitted, through the John Jay report, that gay men were not the problem.
Some of those priests may indeed be same-sex attracted. Some might even be termed homosexual: Cardinal McCarrick comes to mind. None would be termed gay. But without a doubt, every single one of these Catholic men was a priest.
And finally, if you Google “lesbian and sexual abuse“, you will get a very few hits over a few years. Still not a drag queen. Still not transgender.
And yet, the unending story in the mainstream media is all about drag queens and transgender people, occasionally about men who would be termed homosexual. This is one of the places where mainstream newspapers and mainstream journalism are failing.
Something to think about.
Hemant wrote "The kids would have been infinitely safer listening to drag queens read stories at libraries than attending youth group at this church."
THIS ! THIS ! THIS A million times over !
EXCELLENT! Please post any feedback you get!
Less the son of a pastor and more the son of a bastard.
Could not have said it better myself.
Thank you. I’ve decided to make it my business, as I said, to send some variation of this letter each time I can track down the author of an article.
❤️Well written and even better, shared!
Thanks. Feel free to steal and use.
To summarize then, we have another serial sexual abuser of children who's NOT liberal, NOT atheist, NOT trans, NOT LGBT, and NOT a drag queen. Instead, per the usual pattern, it's one of the 'But, but, THEY'RE the immoral ones!!!' christian nationalists who got a pass because his daddy's the pastor, and nobody bothered to check his background. [Nor did they create an environment where victims felt safe coming forward to report him.]
Say hi to Josh Duggar for us, Zachy.
Christian background check "How many times a week do you go to church ?" and "How much do you tithe?".
^This, right here^
"Who did you vote for?"
🎯
Sexual abuse is all about getting off on controlling and hurting people weaker than you... I think it is produced by people who grow up in these patriarchal, judgmental families who have to quash their sexuality because their reichwing religion cannot accommodate any sexuality except cis-hetero.
The fact that christianity in general and fundie christianity in particular seems to attract a disproportionate number of pedophiles should be a red flag to any parent. By now, it's clear these religious organizations don't do serious background checks, don't pay attention to signs of sexual abuse, and sure as hell don't protect children in their care.
👆👆👆🎯It's like the parents who sent their boys for "sleep-overs" at Michael Jackson's ranch after all the accusations came out. WTF were they thinking?
Right! And then claimed 'they had no idea' he was a danger to little boys.
Who knows. He might be a child victim turned adult predator. Maybe his family or someone near set the stage. .. McDonnie is not much different cuz that kinda evil gotta start young.
Man, those drag queens are losing quite badly in this competition. Not a SINGLE confirmed case of grooming or sexual assault, while the other side already has a YUUUUGE lead!
How are they ever going to live this down?
Those queens sure didn't bring their A-game. They are NO match for the pervs in the pews.
Like my other reply! Look at the father! The son was probably abused when he was young! Most pedophiles were‼️🤨
That doesn't excuse either the father or the son.
So we have a child molester, an embezzler, and for a cherry on top, he's anti-trans. And it look as though he's very likely going to go away for a LONG time on those first two counts.
I love the smell of justice in the morning. Smells like ... VICTORY! 😁
Stiiiiiill not a drag queen……
I hope he dies in jail. With some loving care from others inmates.
"they wouldn’t have equal rights in Palestine."
Try to be a woman who wants to divorce in Israel.
The reason they so uncritically support Israel is because they believe the end of the world they want depends on it. They are unable to understand that opposition to the Israeli goverment's genocide against the Palestinians is not the same as antisemetism. The few who do realize that still support the genocide bacause they see it as an extension of the Old Testament conquest of the promised land.
This is why I think the whole concept of an afterlife diminishes the value of real life. You only get one shot at it, there is no rehearsal, no do-overs, and it ain't in no way permanent.
Whereas they actually are anti-semitic, and want the Jewish flocks in Israel to convert, or die horribly in the toxic stew they are making of the planet.
People convicted of the type of crimes he was convicted of tend to have short life expectancies in general population...
That's why we need better medical in prisons. Don't want them getting released too early, one way or the other.
We don't want him to die too soon. Suffering is very important to the overall process.
Don't Christians believe 'suffering is good for the soul'?
Catholics certainly do, other flavors use other rules. Cherry picking at its finest, really.
They do. But you don't want to rush into the post life suffering before getting a good amount in beforehand.
Dies in jail sooner rather than later.
𝐼𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑑𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑡 𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑙𝑒 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑎 𝑑𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑘, 𝑤𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑛’𝑡 𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑚𝑜𝑘𝑒 𝑎 𝑐𝑖𝑔𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒, 𝑤𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑜 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑤𝑒'𝑙𝑙 𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑑𝑜 𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑑 𝑎𝑏𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑘𝑖𝑑…
Every accusation a confession. The church only publicly condemned Zach because 𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁. It makes one wonder how many children were abused by others in the church.
How many cross the line from discipline to abuse (and leave it *waaaay* behind) (assuming you don't consider spanking abuse in and of itself) and he has the gall to say supporting your child as ze figures zirself out is child abuse.
The creeps always have the spanking fetish.
I’m sure the pedo in chief will pardon him as soon as he’s convicted. I know he can only pardon federal crimes, but when has the rules ever stopped him before?
I’m sure the church did a thorough background check on him, asked his daddy if he was a good boy. Besides, background checks only go so far, if he’s been protected by the church, his crimes won’t show up. If he’s only ever been employed by this church there’s nothing really to investigate. You cannot do a background check and then leave folks to their devices thinking you’re safe. You need more checks on behavior, like never allowing one adult alone with children, training on recognizing signs of abuse, expecting mandatory reporting and any incident should be referred to the police immediately rather than handling it in house.
I hope he ends up buried under the prison.
What is it about Christianity that attracts so damn many pedophiles?
Fundamentalist Christianity tells kids that they deserve to burn in a fiery darkness forever simply for being human. So we start off with guilt and shame and fear. Fear of authority.
It tells kids that their bodies belong to God. Denial of bodily autonomy.
It tells kids they should feel guilt and shame about their bodies and sex. Another control method abusers can use to silence kids.
It does not teach children about consent. Yet another plus for molesters and rapists.
All in all, I can't think of a more perfect environment for a child predator and rapist than a fundamentalist environment.
I think it's decades of abuse going on. Pastors were molested and raped as children, told never to tell ANYONE and feel shame for being assaulted, and that fucks up your brain.
And then the pastor grows up and his self hate and shame are directed at victims that can't fight back.
Not decades ... CENTURIES.
Agree with all of the above. But I will opine with no data whatsoever that the theology also has a hand in *producing* child molesters. You teach some kid guilt, shame etc. about regular emotional feelings, create unachievable expectations of what good adult behavior looks like, then it stands to reason the statistical likelihood of that person being unable to develop normal emotional relationships with adults will go up.
Then there's also the 'abusees often become abusers' problem. If preacher son is molesting children, it may be time to look at preacher dad.
Yes, that's exactly it!
Sex is dirty and should only be "performed" as a procreation act.
Boys don't cry.
Beat your children.
If that shit doesn't screw you up as a child, nothing will.
"Boys don't cry" I was 8 years old when my maternal grandmother died. I was *proud* of myself that I didn't cry at her funeral. That is seriously fucked up.
I grew up in the Catholic church where I was taught that just about everything that makes us human is a mortal sin punishable by eternity in a fiery hell.
Guilt and shame are very powerful emotions. Priests have known this forever.
Unquestionable authority.
That’s what I was gonna say but I figured someone else already had.
It’s the 4-14 window. That puts a lot of children right there.what elsecan you do with them?
Pre-brainwashed victims.
Not only christianity. You forgot Republikan$. It's so common to find BOTH together in pedophiliac activities. So much so its like 95 - 99%.
Remember -- your child is in greater danger from the Trumpy clergy at your church than they are from a drag queen anywhere.
Pedophiles go where the kids are, and they always have. If there is any upside to this horror, it is that legal authorities are listening to victims now rather than blaming them for daring to tarnish the reputation of a man of God. These incidents are less shocking than they are expected. Predators have been allowed to hide behind their bibles and clerical collars for far to long.
Slowly but surely, the veneer of respectability is being peeled away from these men of the cloth. If, along with that, the general population can begin to understand that faith is NOT a virtue (indeed, anything but!), something very important will have been accomplished.
And it's LONG OVERDUE.
We can only wonder about the horrors they got away with for untold centuries.
Excuse me, but can you please tell me again about how the church and Christianity is safe for children?
Well, there's the... But what about....
No. Can't tell you, because it isn't.
It's *a* safe for children. With a combo lock legally withheld from most of them until they turn 18.
Jesus loves the little children.....
.....and his followers 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 love 'em.
As many prisons as we have here in the US, I’m not sure there are enough to hold all the sanctimonious fucked up religious child monsters that should be in them.
Put up razor wire security fences around churches.
Just make sure any kids are OUTSIDE the wire.
An excellent repurposing of defunct churches.
Pastor to Prison complex.
I am thinking of one place that may be of better use compared to how it's used now or was in the past.
Guantanamo?
Where else ?
They will have all the time they want to try to convert each other.
I couldn’t think of a better place.
I do, but it may be too expensive to send them there.
Devil's Island?
I thought hell was free?
Make them stay with Jimmy Kimmel's sidekick? : )
Obvs I meant molesters but I’m going to leave it. It’s just as appropriate
I attempted to post Hemant's piece to the Oakwood Church video. They've blocked all comments of course.
One person had left this reply:
"Such a wholesome father and son."
I replied: 'Not the word that comes springing to mind. More like this':
https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/right-wing-christian-worship-leader-1c6
I refreshed the page. It had disappeared.
"LA LA LA LA I can't HEAR you!!!"
The person who removed your post did hear you.
I just left a comment. It's lasted 3 minutes, so far.
I can't see it – but the reply is still up there as far as I can see.
I still see it. Just refreshed and it's now 15 minutes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4F39BXi5oI
I see nothing.
Strange.
@larryparker7369
30 minutes ago
Zach "Radcliff will stand trial on 17 charges of first-degree criminal sexual conduct, 28 counts of child sexually abusive activity, seven counts of aggravated child sexually abusive activity and seven counts of using a computer to commit a crime."
There's one reply still up as of now ... but for how long.
𝐼'𝑚 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑠𝑎𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑛'𝑡 𝑙𝑒𝑔𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑢𝑒𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑏𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝐼'𝑚 𝑔𝑜𝑛𝑛𝑎 𝑎𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑑, 𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑒 𝑜𝑟 𝑓𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑒
Children mostly don't need adults to affirm that. I've never needed to 'tell' my kid who he likes and what he feels. I mostly listen, watch, then support.
Kids need adults to tell them their feelings towards other people are okay, normal. That yes you can write them a letter and we'll talk to puppy love's parents about it so they know what's coming. That keep in mind puppy love might say no to your request for a play date or not respond to your letter...but that's okay, you will get over it and we your parents will hug you while you feel bad about it. That yes you can wear that if you want....as long as it includes appropriate sun protection in the summer, so you don't get skin cancer when you're my age.
Any parent who just says "you can't do that, you're a boy" is failing to teach important lessons and setting their kid up for anxiety, stress, and misunderstanding.
𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑠 𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑑𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑎𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔, “𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑦𝑙𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢'𝑟𝑒 𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑚𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑎𝑙. 𝐼𝑡'𝑠 𝑤𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑔.”
Uh...drag queen mote, meet evangelical beam. You want to compare immoral lifestyles? Drag queens wear too much makeup and white after labor day. Your worship leader molested children and paid for it with church funds.
𝐼 𝑠𝑎𝑦 ℎ𝑒 “𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑙𝑦” 𝑑𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑜𝑛 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒’𝑠 𝑛𝑜 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑖𝑡 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐ℎ𝑢𝑟𝑐ℎ’𝑠 𝑌𝑜𝑢𝑇𝑢𝑏𝑒 𝑝𝑎𝑔𝑒.
So there maybe some sermons you legit don't want to post on the internet because they give out personal information about your parishoners or church. But outside of that limited exception, it is pretty safe to say that if you don't want your pastor's sermon to be heard by the general public, that's a good indication it maybe time to fire your pastor.
Another day, another right-wing evangelical caught committing the exact sins they claim to condemn. Zach Radcliff, Liberty University grad, CPAC performer, worship leader, and MAGA fanatic, is facing nearly 60 charges of child sexual abuse, with allegations stretching back to 2014. The same man who sat in church interviews decrying “immorality” was, by all accounts, a predator shielded by his faith community. His father, Pastor Frank Radcliff, spent years railing against LGBTQ+ people while his own son used church money to groom and exploit children.
This isn’t a fluke. It’s a pattern. The louder they scream about “protecting children,” the more likely they are the ones hurting them. And yet, the church keeps hiding the truth, deleting sermons, erasing evidence, and making up new enemies to distract their congregation. The real danger was inside their walls all along.