Eight is enough?
(SFGate)
"A woman who said evangelist Tony Alamo "married" her at age 8 is telling federal jurors that he sexually assaulted her repeatedly until she escaped his compound in late 2006.
"Alamo took explicit photographs of her that year with an instant camera and, on looking at them, called her a sexually demeaning name. She said she didn't understand the term but that Alamo told her it was a good thing."
"Alamo took explicit photographs of her that year with an instant camera and, on looking at them, called her a sexually demeaning name. She said she didn't understand the term but that Alamo told her it was a good thing."
— Jon Gambrell, AP
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It's becoming too costly for Protestant churches to buy insurance for sexual abuse.
"Despite headlines focusing on the priest pedophile problem in the Roman Catholic Church, most American churches being hit with child sexual-abuse allegations are Protestant."
From Penn State professor Philip Jenkins book, Pedophiles and Priests:
Between 0.2 and 1.7% of priests are pedophiles, while the figure among Protestant clergy ranges between 2.0 and 3.0%.
The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests reports that the 2nd largest US church, the Southern Baptist Convention, is heavily involved in cover-up and reassignment of preachers.
"Though Baptist church scholars report sex abuse as prevalent among Protestants as among Catholics, Southern Baptists have no national policies, and abuse is routinely covered up."
"Successfully," I'd say.
Read More at SFGate.
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