Deep Thoughts: Two victims and counting

Saturday, July 04, 2009

Two victims and counting

Baptist Pastor Gordon Lunceford stands accused of six counts of 3rd degree rapes, one count of first degree sexual abuse, five counts of third degree sodomy, and one count of second degree sexual abuse. The victims were two children.

Pastor Lunceford has been a serial youth pastor for a long time. Moving from church to church and job to job as the years rolled by. The current charges stem early 1990s. How many other victims are there? I hope zero, but something tells me this story is just beginning.

I love the way his latest church distanced themselves from Lunceford.

The Rev. Bill Fort, pastor of First Baptist Church on the Eastern Bypass in Richmond, said Lunceford was interim youth director “for a very short time” about two years ago.

Nope, nothing happened here. No need to question our kids. Nope, we’re Baptists. Nothing like this could ever happen at a Baptist church.

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Jack 119p · 823 weeks ago

Man, if there is one thing some Christians are good at, it would have to be the willful denial of reality. I suppose that might have something to do with why there are still so many Christians.

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SB Wright 110p · 823 weeks ago

Interesting. The old principle( a marist brother) of my school was arrested by the feds for molesting three teens in his care. The bishop for our state vouched for the Marist brother saying that he had not offended in this state - which later was proven to be incorrect in court proceedings.

We have an organisation in australia called broken rites it tracks clergy abuse cases and helps to research legalities for victims

http://brokenrites.alphalink.com.au/nletter/page1...

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