SNAP looking to remove Rev. Robert Stepek

When SNAP wants something, I find it is wise to jump on the bandwagon as they are almost alway right. They want Rev. Robert Stepek removed from his position as a Police Department Counselor in Burbank. Why? Because the archdiocese of Chicago removed him as the pastor of St. Albert the Great Church when two bothers people came forward with abuse complaints.

The archdiocese removed Stepek from the ministry at St. Albert in November 2006 while the allegations were being investigated. The priest filed a defamation lawsuit against the brothers, claiming they were fabricating their allegations in hopes of a large cash payouts.

The brothers, in August 2007, filed their own lawsuit against Stepek, which later was settled out of court.

While the archdiocese’s findings tended to buttress the brothers’ claims, the Vatican said last month that, following “two lengthy” trials by a canonical court, the court “was unable to find evidence strong enough to merit a judgment that Fr. Stepek had sexually abused a minor,” according to a Sept. 15 statement released by the archdiocese.

Source:Group demands pastor's ouster from police by Mike Nolan

How about it Burbank Police Chief Bruce Radowicz? Why have an alleged pedopriest on staff?

Pastor Lawlor sentenced to 'John school'

I don't really have anything against prostitution, unless it involves a pastor who makes his living as the moral authority for his flock and he's trying to screw a underaged teen.

A former associate pastor from Everett will be jailed for three months and must attend "john school" after pleading guilty to a felony following his February arrest in Seattle for trying to pay a 16-year-old girl for sex.

John K. Lawlor, 55, last month pleaded guilty to second-degree assault and was sentenced Sept. 27. He'd earlier been charged in King County Superior Court with the more serious offense of commercial sex abuse of a minor.

Source: Former Everett pastor arrested in sting sentenced

At least he is no longer a pastor. Well, at least not at the First Baptist Church in Everett. 

Nine-years-old is too young pastor Donald Jung

Seriously now… who looks at a nine-year-old girl as an object of sexual attraction? Pastor Donal Jung allegedly does. He stands accused of raping a nine-year-old girl, which he denies, but he admits to raping a 10-year-old girl 22 years ago. The victim was his daughter. Pastor Jung is a rat bastard. Did I mention he was a pastor?

Cook County Assistant States Attorney Michelle Papa has requested the military records of Rev. Donald Jung, a La Grange pastor accused of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, the Doings La Grange reports.

According to the Doings, Papa said she requested the records because of information that Jung's daughter had indicated allegations of sexual abuse while he was in the Army.

Source: Military Records Sought in La Grange Pastor's Sex Assault Case

Pastor Jung is a baptist. He was the pastor at Second Baptist Church of La Grange.

A chimp

A chimp, originally uploaded by mojoey.

I shot this while at the Oakland Zoo recently. The chimp rolled a tractor tire over to the window and flipped it up so that he could sit on it and watch the people looking into the window. I wonder what he is thinking?

Ministering from behind bars is insanity

Pastor David Love is serving a life sentence for second degree murder. He killed the husband of his lover so that he could run away and start a new life. 20/20 recently posted a profile of the case. I posted on Love's arrest and his lover Teresa Stone's subsequent arrest back in 2010. A line from the 20/20 profile troubled me. It closed by saying that David Love is ministering to others from behind bars. How is that possible?

I realize we cannot stop Love from preaching, but where is his authority to do so? How can a admitted adulterer and convicted murderer preach? Where are the protests? Where is the outrage? Oh hell, just show me one editorial and I'll be happy. It won't happen though. It never does. Christianity is sick. Love is but one of the symptoms.

That ain't right - Pastors with guns

Is the message of Christ really one that promotes Pastors carrying loaded guns while they preach? I don't think so. Pastor Ed Gonzalez of Linwood Baptist Church carries a loaded semiautomatic while preaching. He does it to "protect his flock".

Pastor Ed Gonzalez of Linwood Baptist Church says he was also faced with a potential life or death situation from someone who walked in his church and threatened his life.

"He walked in my office and told me God told him to take me out," says Gonzalez.

The man eventually backed away, but Gonzalez says it's situations like these that prove that churches are soft targets, which is why he and several other members can be found with two weapons against evil close by on Sundays. A bible and a fire arm.

Source:Local pastor packs pistol to protect his church by Shayne Wright

The message of Christ molds to nearly every situation imaginable. You can use it to justify almost anything. That's just one reason I think Christianity is inauthentic. Do pastors really think guns are the way to spread the Word? Pfft…I'm sure others will agree with me. But where is the outrage? Where are the protests? There is only silence and the nodding of heads. Can I get an amen?

You think Obama is a Muslim... are you just dumb?

Important people still claim that President Obama is a Muslim, and I am seriously tired of this line of bullshit; yet the story persists. Senator Ted Cruz's father implied it at a GOP dinner in Colorado recently, and Rafael Cruz is a Christian pastor.

When an excited woman in the audience yelled, “He is a Muslim,” Mr. Cruz responded with, “McCain couldn’t say that because it wasn’t politically correct. It is time we stop being politically correct!"

These words imply that despite Obama’s longtime allegiance to the Christian faith, he secretly practices Islam — an accusation Republicans have entertained for years, along with denying the president’s citizenship. Both notions have been thoroughly debunked.

Source: Ted Cruz's Pastor Father Implies Obama is Muslim

I'm so tired of this. I really am. In the next election, I hope America rises up and casts out its nutball demons.

What really pisses me of is that a Christian pastor is spewing this hate. How is this the legitimate message of Christ and why is it that Christians all over America are not speaking out against this insanity? I don't understand. This is hypocrisy. This is anti-Christian. The man is spewing hate and spreading lies. Where is the accountability?

Pastor Kong Soik Kamkung arrested

Pastor Kong Sok Kamkung was arrested for touching a young girl (Yes.. in a bad way).

Kong Sok Kamkung, 53, of the 2600 block of Mirror Lake Court, was jailed Thursday under a $5,000 bond on an indecent liberties charge, Fayetteville police spokesman Lt. Todd Joyce said Friday.

Kamkung is listed as reverend at St. Matthews United Methodist Church in Fayetteville, which, according to police, is where the alleged crime occurred in June.

Source: Fayetteville pastor jailed on indecent liberties charge involving child

I need more on this story. If anyone has info, please send it my way.

Christian racism North Carolina style

I know racism when I see it.

Pastor Makeda Pennycooke of a church in North Carolina wanted to present the best face to the public because "first impressions matter". Pennycooke is African American. She asked that her white congregants greet people at the door. That's racism in my book.

"We are continuing to work to bring our racial demographic pendulum back to mid-line," she wrote. "So we would like to ask that only white people be on the front doors."

Carmen Thomas, who has attended and served at the church for the past two years, told WBTV that she was "floored" by the request.

Source: N.C pastor asks that 'only white people' greet congregation at church doors 

My advice to the members of Freedom House Church is simple. Your pastor is a dumbass and is a ignorant racist

Youth pastor Brent Girouex arrested

Former youth pastor Brent Girouex allegedly tried to cure boys of their homosexual urges by having sex with them. WTF?

Brent Girouex, 31, was arrested on 60 counts of suspicion of sexual exploitation by a counselor or therapist after authorities found out about his actions. 

In February Girouex confessed to Council Bluffs police detectives that he had sexual relations with four young men starting in 2007 to help them gain "sexual purity" in the eyes of God. However, at least eight men have come forward with complaints that the pastor molested them. 

Girouex told investigators that the longest relationship he had with any of the victims lasted four years. He said that it started when the boy was 14 years old and that the "mutual" contact took place 25 to 50 times. The victim, who is now an adult, told investigators the real number of times was between 50 and 100 times.
Source: Pastor had sex with teens to 'cure' their homosexuality

Parents… why trust your children to a youth pastor? The position is a modern concept. Perhaps sitting through a long boring sermon would be better for their moral fiber?

Pastor Rickey Alan Reed busted again

Pastor Rickey Alan Reed was arrested on a single count of felony aggravated burglary and misdemeanor theft. He was on probation at the time of his arrest for a similar crime in 2011. He was after drugs. I posted his story back in October of 2011.

Attorney representing Pastor Geronimo Aguilar arrested for assault

The attorney representing Pastor Geronimo Aguilar (profiled here) of the Richmond Outreach Center, was arrested last month for allegedly assaulting a women in his home.

According to police reports, David L. Carlson was involved in an altercation with the woman, Lisa Kelley, who claimed Carlson rubbed her face against the carpet then dragged her across the floor. Carlson denied the allegations stating that Kelley is known to have problems with alcohol and prescription drugs.

Carlson was released on bail a short time after and is currently awaiting his next hearing which is set for mid-November.

I don't know what to say… the apple don't fall far from the tree seems wrong. Words fail me.

Pastor David Downs re-arrested

Baptist pastor David Rutherford Downs was re-arrested for sexual battery and lewd and lascivious conduct. The Orange-Osceola State's Attorney's office had elected not to pursue changes just a month before.

The charges stem from allegations that the former Chuluota pastor had inappropriate sexual contact with a child under the age of 12 after over the course of several years.

Downs was first arrested in July 2012 after a victim came forward to law enforcement saying she had been touched and battered by the preacher on numerous occasions throughout her childhood.

He stepped down as pastor of Cornerstone Baptist Church after the charges surfaced. Church officials say he is no longer a member.

Source: Ex-Baptist Preacher re-arrested on child-rape charges by Arelis R. Hernandez

I hope that this time we see Pastor Downs faces justice.

Youth pastor Jason Robertson arrested

He seemed like such a good Christian. He ministered to our young girls. He played in a Christian rock band. He was so nice…. and youth pastor Jason Robertson allegedly had a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old girl.

Boulder Police say Roberson is facing sexual assault charges for having a relationship with a 15-year-old girl that continued for seven years. The now, 23-year-old told police that Roberson touched her inappropriately and watched her undress by spying on her outside her home in Boulder.

“I have all the trust in the world with Jason, let’s just put it that way. I never thought this manner would come about,” said Mike.

Police say Roberson was a close friend of the victim’s family and they say he allegedly admitted to the relationship when confronted by the victim and family friends.

Source: Youth Pastor arrested in Boulder sex assault case by Sara Morris

The first step is admitting your crime. Then next is avoiding bubba in prison…

Robertson was the youth pastor at Vinelife Church in incorporated Boulder County.

Motive established in the murder of Pastor Ronald J. Harris Sr.

I posted on the murder of Pastor Ronald J. Harris Sr. yesterday. At the time of my post, there was no motive established for the crime. The motive is interesting and fits the theme of my posts on hypocrisy. The wife of deacon Woodrow Karey had filed a rape compliant against the pastor two days before the murder.

The wife of a deacon accused of gunning down a pastor during a church service had filed a rape complaint against the preacher two days before he was fatally shot, a Louisiana sheriff said today.

Calcasieu Parish Sheriff Tony Mancuso said investigators are trying to determine whether the deacon's wife had a consensual relationship with the pastor or if she had been the vicitim of an assault.

"We are looking at the possibility of that as a motive," Mancuso told ABCNews.com.

Source: Sheriff: Suspect's Wife Filed Rape Charge Against Pastor Before Shooting by Alyssa Newcomb

After allegedly shooting Pastor Harris at range, Woodrow Karey allegedly walked up to the pastor and shot him again at close range. I'd say the murder was personal and I would also say the murder qualifies for a listing under Clergy Sexual Abuse.