Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Due diligence failure

A few weeks ago, I posted about accused pedophile Phillip Glenn Terrell in a post titled, Another week, another Baptist pedophile. I wanted to update the story of this freaky child predatory. It seems that he had a record for a similar offense – child molestation and sexual assault on a person in custody. He was acquitted by a judge. Yet the trail would have been an easy discovery for his church if they had simply done a routine criminal background check. Ken Martin, the interim pastor at Emmanuel Baptist Church, has taken action. His church will now do background checks. My question is – does this new program extend to all current staff? It seem like a good idea to me. Of course, Emmanuel Baptist Church is one ten thousand Baptists churches in the region, what are the chances that the other churches will take action?

Phillip Terrell has now moved into a serial pedophile classification. My prediction is that the authorities will find more victims. It is an ugly truth. If you set the table for a serial pedophile, he will eat – without saying his prayers.