Sunday, February 21, 2010

Pastor Marion Barnes arrested

MarionBarnes Pastor Marion Barnes of Glad Tiding Christian Center in Brandenburg was arrested on three counts of first-degree sex abuse and two counts of third-degree sex abuse. Barnes is alleged to have abused a 15-year-old girl. The church is distancing themselves from their pastor.

Several people in the community said they were surprised to hear about the charges. Terri Karnes, a spokeswoman for the church, told us the alleged incident did not happen on church property. Karnes, who said it is a private, family matter, gave us the following statement:

"Glad Tidings and all its members are requesting the community to pray for our church and all those involved."

I expect to see a help wanted sign hanging outside the Glad Tiding Christian Center before too long. Of course, the will have too reactivate their website since they took it down after the scandal. Their Facebook page is still active. Barnes has been associated with the church for a long time.

Christians why do hide? In your darkest hour, why do you retreat?

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Baconsbud 96p · 791 weeks ago

I can kind of understand why they hide and retreat. There have been many peoples lives ruined because they know or associate with someone accused of sexual assault of minors. Guilt by association is a big problem with these types of events. I would suggest to the members of the church that instead of praying they beginning investigating into why this has happened and is this girl the only one it has happened to. Did others know something was happening and ignored it?
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John Smith · 791 weeks ago

Alleged incident.
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Moofer · 791 weeks ago

How do you know he is guilty. Many people have been unjustly accused of crimes. Innocent until proven guilty, remember??
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Mojoey 107p · 791 weeks ago

We track pedophile pastors on this blog. The conviction rate is north of 98%. It is a rare thing to have a pastor accused of a crime like this to be found innocent.
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Josh · 791 weeks ago

Their web site was down prior to the incident. The host had an outage. If you are interested
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Jeff · 790 weeks ago

Those out side the church are smugly indignant towards this pastor, the Church is more concerned about distancing than recovery... God isn't surprised at any of it. Porn and sex addiction is rampant, but leaders live in denial, church members live in denial, unchurched feel better to cry hypocrite than deal with there own issues. Many on here appalled are the same people that go to porn sites and cruise craigslist. Let this be a warning that God will out you if you don't deal with issues in your life.. not because its judgment but because its correcting you as His child... trust me I know.
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Mojoey 107p · 790 weeks ago

God does not out you. You screw up and get caught. Jeez, is everything attributed to the supernatural with you? It sounds like gibberish.
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angel · 790 weeks ago

i feel for u all who judge this man God knows and the two involeved know what happened and untill it comes out in the open u should only look at your own life and judge yourself ;we all fall short he died for all our sins and the only people who were effected by this should be the person who would ask for forgiveness and forgive as our father does us so look at yourself it not your judgement to call!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Cari · 789 weeks ago

I think it is ironic how the minute that a pastor does something wrong it is a sin. The truth of the matter is that we have learn from these things that we encounter. What can we take away, for ourselves, from what has happened in this church? I take a step back and re-evaluate my own life. Before I can say anything about the splinter in your eye I must first remove the log from mine. Where are my faults and how can I make it right with God? No sin is worse than the other. So if you see this as sexual sin, remember that it too is a sin to not love thy neighbor. If we are not loving, meaning sacrifice oneself for the needs of another, than we too are in sin. Equal=the same. Just my thoughts about myself as I ponder this whole thing. Keep praying and keep staying.
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Michelle · 785 weeks ago

i am a victim of the same type of assult and no one wants to have to talk or think about things of this nature but instead of protecting the perp how about we protect and support the poor girl dealing with it
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Justme5050 1p · 732 weeks ago

This has nothing to do with the Church. It is a family matter. Mr. Barnes will be sentenced today.
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Observer · 726 weeks ago

Has a lot to do with the church and the people in it. This was the pastor of the church and its people . The church is not just a building, but involves the people in it and the people associated with it. Pastors, deacons, church leaders, church members, all include themselves in the church family . It is a matter for all.
Seems very few are concerned about the victim, maybe she was less than a church member or less than a member of any family.

This isn't the first time or the last, todays society has all kinds of secrets. So the blind will continue to lead the blind and the sheeple will continue to follow whomever.

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