Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Hypocrisy watch on Google Maps


View Mojoey's Hypocrisy Watch in a larger map

2009 was a big year for Hypocrisy Watch. I posted on hundreds of wayward pastors. Martin William at No2Religion created a Google map based on cases from Q3 and Q4. He is working backward through the year. Needless to say, it is no small task. It’s called Mojoey’s Hypocrisy Watch, although I honestly think it should be called Mojoey & Martin’s Hypocrisy watch. He’s put just as much work into making the map as I have writing the posts.

The legend is pretty cool.

Green Marker = Charged, Indicted, Accused
Red Marker = Convicted, Plead Guilty
Blue Marker = Multiple Convictions or Guilty Plea's
Yellow Marker = Other Hypocrisy
Colored Marker w/ Black Dot = Sex related

For the record, people living in Florida should keep a close watch on their kids, Texas too.

I started writing posts about clergy sexual abuse and other crimes committed by the pious as a way of countering the Christian argument that you cannot live a moral life without the magical guidance of the bible. It’s evolved into much more. I’ve receive emails from the victims that break my heart and give me hope that they will find a way to heal. My posts also attract people involved in the church who need a place to vent. It’s been a great way for people to come to terms with the problems. My only problem is keeping up with the overwhelming volume of stories.

Thanks Martin!

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Thanks for the plug. It was definitely a labor of love. Ever since I started reading your blog I have looked forward to seeing who would be the latest member of the Hypocrisy Watch.

One of the things I learned while putting the map together was that despite all of your postings there are many, many more hypocrites out there.
2 replies · active 796 weeks ago
I would love to be able to catch them all. As it is I poor a huge amount of energy into the few that I do catch.
It would be a full time job.
In, Florida it is mostly teachers in the news for sex acts. Are you going to start on them
I'm going to make a video featuring this map and post it on my Youtube channel. So I was wondering when he says "based on cases from Q3 and Q4" does he mean cases in the 3rd and 4th quarter of 2009?

If anyone knows please fill me in.
1 reply · active 796 weeks ago
Yes it does. He is moving backward through 2009. There are so many cases it is hard to put them all in at once.
Surprisingly there are none in New Mexico...a highly Catholic state.
1 reply · active less than 1 minute ago
This is only 6 months worth of data. I am sure I have some NM pastors on the list.

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