Article Reference:
SILENCE OF THE LAMBS: Are Protestants concealing a Catholic-size sexual abuse scandal?
PLEASE REVIEW THE ARTICLE BEFORE RESPONDING
I'm not sure if anyone else has had the chance to dig into this or not, but I've been digging into this lately.
There seems to be a pattern, relating to Pedophilliac occurrences and certain Christian Baptist Affiliated organizations within the United States.
One of the most NOTABLE and PROMINENT occurrences is, of course > the infamous Haiti Trafficking Scandal relating to Ms. LAURA SILSBY.
Note the Wikipedia entry on the Scandal. It states the following:
The New Life Children’s Refuge (NLCR) was founded in November 2009 by Laura Silsby (now Silsby-Gayler)[5]and Charisa Coulter, who are both members of the Central Valley Baptist Church in Meridian, Idaho. The organization described itself as a "non‐profit Christian ministry dedicated to rescuing, loving and caring for orphaned, abandoned and impoverished Haitian and Dominican children, demonstrating God’s love and helping each child find healing, hope, joy and new life in Christ." The charity claimed to be in the process of acquiring land to build an orphanage as well as a church and school in Magante on the Northern coast of the Dominican Republic. NLCR further intended to provide adoption opportunities for American "loving Christian parents". On January 12, 2010, Haiti was struck by a major earthquake and NLCR quickly formed the "Haitian Orphan Rescue Mission", a group of ten people from the Central Valley Baptist Church and the East Side Baptist Church in Twin Falls, Idaho. Both churches are affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention. The mission's plan was to go to Haiti and bring a hundred orphans to Cabarete, Dominican Republic, where NLCR had leased a hotel to serve as a temporary orphanage.
Additionally, please review, not only the article linked at the beginning, but also the following:
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According to the civil lawsuit, the Boy Scouts of America, the Northeast Georgia Council of Boy Scouts, Beech Haven Baptist Church and Green Acres Baptist Church knew that Boland had been accused of child sexual abuse as far back as 1961, yet allowed him to continue his Scouting activities for years, according to the civil lawsuit.
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The Oak Grove Baptist Church is aware of the recently filed charges and arrest of Mr. Mark Adams, a deacon in our church.
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A deacon and youth Sunday school teacher at Oak Grove Baptist Church in the Mt. Carmel community of Hawkins County was indicted by a federal grand jury for alleged sex-related offenses involving children, according to court documents.
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EAST AUSTIN, TX — An East Austin church pastor was arrested Monday on child sex assault charges stemming from Nueces and Hays counties, according to local media reports.... Ruben Garcia, 59, reportedly served as associate pastor at Betania Baptist Church, 1117 Tillery St. Department of Justice officials said in a news advisory that Garcia was arrested by members of the Lone Star Fugitive Task Force in Buda, Texas, a town located some 16 miles south of Austin that is part of the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos metropolitan statistical area.
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Two Athens churches named as co-defendants — Green Acres Baptist and Beech Haven Baptist — were also aware of the accusations, the suit alleges, but “undertook no actions to protect minor Scouts from Boland’s sexual predations or provide information to the general public.”
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Abilene Man Convicted of Child Sex Crimes Found Burned to Death Outside of Oklahoma Church... According to NBC station KFOR in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, early Friday morning Chickasha police were called to the scene of a fatality near the First Missionary Baptist Church in Chickasha, Oklahoma. When police arrived on scene they discovered the burned body of Michal Dean Walworth, the 55-year-old pastor at the First Missionary Baptist Church.
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UPDATE: Pastor found burned near church was registered sex offender... Pastor Michael Dean Walworth's body was found lying on the ground between the First Missionary Baptist Church and another residence, according to a Chickasha Police Department report... Walworth was a convicted sex offender whose registration sentence recently ended. His registry sentence started June 12, 1998. The offense allegedly took place in Texas. He was accused of lewd or indecent proposals / acts to a child, according to public record. According to First Missionary Baptist Church's website the church works with felons and participates in jail ministry.
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Bellingham ex-youth pastor sentenced for ‘unforgivable’ sex abuse of teen girl... Christopher Lee Trent was sentenced to 5 years in prison for sexually abusing the girl, who went to Bellingham Baptist Church on Orleans Street when she was under the age of 16. Court records describe how he kept the abuse a secret for about 2 years.
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A grand jury indicted him on two counts of sexual assault of a child and one count of indecency with a child by sexual contact. The grand jury indictment is based on an investigation that began in early 2016. Task force officers set up surveillance of Garcia’s church, Betania Baptist Church at 1117 Tillery St., where he served as an associate pastor
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Pastor found dead in Chickasha pleaded guilty to sex crimes against a child in Texas... Michael Walworth's body was found June 16 outside of the First Missionary Baptist Church. Walworth was the church's pastor and lived next door. As investigators work to determine the circumstances around the strange death, FOX 25 has obtained court
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Woman claiming serial sexual abuse sues Temple Baptist Church... SANTA FE, N.M. — A woman who claims she was sexually abused by two teachers at the Temple Baptist Church in Santa Fe when she was a child
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East Austin pastor charged with child sexual assault
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Lawsuit alleges Temple Baptist Church leaders turned blind eye to woman’s abuse... “The perpetrators were both uncertified male teachers who had been raised in the culture of the Temple Baptist Church and School,” according to her complaint filed last month in District Court. “The second perpetrator teacher essentially ‘dated’ Plaintiff as a 12-15 year old child, and groomed her to participate in his sexual abuse of her in those years as part of a ‘relationship’ and ‘God’s will.’ ”
These are but, only a few articles, in a long list of LITERALLY HUNDREDS UPON HUNDREDS of articles.
There are too many for me to go through and keep track of. It was overwhelming. And quite disheartening to say the least.
This is EXTREMELY concerning to me. I am a Christian myself. Hence, I'm rather alarmed by these findings. I take them very seriously. And anyone else who, here is a Christian, like myself, I'm sure can relate. Especially given the nature of the following; please note:
LUKE 18:16 - “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. Truly I tell you, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.”
ALSO:
MATTHEW 18:6 - "If anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, IT WOULD BE BETTER FOR THEM TO HAVE A LARGE MILLSTONE HUNG AROUND THEIR NECK AND TO BE DROWNED IN THE DEPTHS OF THE SEA."
I believe this merits further research and investigation on our part.
This needs to be brought to the Public's eye and Christian Parents must be made aware of this.
It seems that many a times, the Christian laity (or the congregation) is funding this abuse with their Tithes to the Church. And that, to me as Christian is unacceptable.
Also, there seems to be an organized element to this as well, regarding the utilization of "religious faith based NGO's" or aka "International Christian Missions" abroad to carry out HUMAN TRAFFICKING OPS
THAT MADE ME SO LIVID BECAUSE I WANTED TO BE A MISSIONARY MYSELF!!! I DESPERATELY NEED YOUR HELP IN DIGGING INTO THIS FURTHER. THERE'S WAY TOO MUCH MATERIAL FOR ME TO GO THROUGH. PLEASE HELP ME!
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Kacey ago
Being a pastor gives you access and authority and protects you from suspicion. The Protestant churches need to clean house too. I know of a case where the Lutheran hierarchy protected one of their own at the expense of the wife he cheated on. I wouldn't doubt that they might do the same for a pedophile. I don't know who can police the independent churches other than the police who don't seem to be doing a good job of policing themselves. Parents need to not automatically assume that someone with power and respect is respectable. Not being believed might be as damaging as being abused in the first place.
If there is a judgement such as the Bible indicates, those who have abused the trust of their congregations will pay big time. I don't believe in heaven or hell, but sometimes I find myself hoping there is a hell where those who have hurt others will experience all the hurt they have caused. I don't wish for an eternal hell but "eye for an eye" would be appropriate.
I grew up as a Lutheran being told that sins of omission were as bad as sins of commission. To hate is as bad as murder Jesus said. Christians, don't leave it up to your denomination, or your elders, or whatever authority governs those in positions of responsibility in your church. Watch out for the little ones.
11-11 ago
re I don't believe in heaven or hell
Please help me here for a second
I have ran into people with your perspective but am surprised to find you here on voat pizzagate
Reason being -
If there is no heaven and hell, do you also think there is no devil?
This amazes me to no end.
I spoke to a cop last week who said he was a christian but doesn't know much about the devil.
To me, that would be like our army invading another country without a map.
Completely insanely unbelievable and would never happen??
But a Christian Cop fighting crime without knowing the enemy?
Hasn't he thought about - where - evil comes from?
Has he not contemplated the types of situations where it emerges?
I mean - really??
Surely, he would have been eaten by a dinosaur had he lived in another time.
I am really not following the whole - heaven and hell doesn't exist - logic
Kacey ago
I realize that when one is immersed in religion one cannot see much else. Been there, done that. I gave up religion because I found no evidence of a good god who acted in humans lives. The Pizzagate issue surely is proof of that. Not only do pastors and priest abuse kids, god does not step in to stop the abuse. I have seen much evil. That doesn't mean there is a supernatural being that is the sponsor of evil. I have seen one chicken mother kill the babies of another. I have seen chicks turn on a weak chick and kill it and even eat it. In humans religious people would say that was the work of the devil. Is there a chicken devil?
Just because people do satanic rituals doesn't make it real. They may believe it is real. Some think the devil is not a supernatural being but an alien. Some people think Jehovah is an evil alien - one of the ancient Annunaki.
Religious people think there is only one way to interpret what they see in the world, and are convinced they have the TRUTH. Unfortunately they often disagree and that is why there are so many religions, denominations, sects, churches, each saying they have a corner on the truth.
At any rate, if there is a good and powerful god I call on that god to rescue the innocent and stop all this pedophilia. I called on Jehovah and Jesus when I was a Christian. I volunteered in Haiti working with sick kids. They were the children of Christian parents. My prayers and their parents prayers did not good. The abuse and suffering in the world continues. At any rate don't forget that according to the Bible God created the Devil. If he is all knowing then he knew the Devil would go bad, so why did he create him. Seems like he is responsible therefore for the evil in the world as he created the supposed author of the evil.