I don't believe in capital punishment.

I have to remind myself of that fact when I read stories like these.

By the way, I also clicked on the slideshow at the bottom of the page you linked, and sifted through the images of student-teacher sex scandals.

Notice anything?

I don't believe in capital punishment. -- Patrick at December 14, 2013 4:54 AM

I do believe in capital punishment.

But with people like this life imprisonment works better. They are either kept segregated and in isolation or if in the general population turned into someone's bitch after being sampled by multiple others.

And, of course, the ONLY way he knew to drive out the devil was to baptize it with his holy spunk.

Capital Punishment isn't a player here. Surgical Castration, OTOH. . . .

Patrick, most of them were women, unattractive, from Texas, and didnt teach real subjects?

Isn't it funny how often God tells his priests to go molest pretty young girls and how rarely he tells them to mind their own business?

Jim P. I do believe in capital punishment.

Well, you're just wrong, then.

Lori: Isn't it funny how often God tells his priests to go molest pretty young girls and how rarely he tells them to mind their own business?

And how often he tells Catholic priests to molest little boys, and how often he tells the Church to just relocate the offending priests and sweep it under the rug?

With all our hearts and all our might, it's important that we be as terrified as possible of the forces of evil and darkness unleashed by a single goofball in "Maplewood, Minnesota," a trend-setting community if ever there was one, a place identified in our discussions oh-so-often as the shimmering locus of human refinement…

…It's not just an unremarkable assault between unremarkable people…

…Because it happened in Maplewood, this story is portentous, Bub, and don't you forget it!

We need to draw as much meaning out of this as possible.

(Hey Amy!  Tomorrow's Sunday.  Why not go to

one of the churches in your neighborhood 

tomorrow to see who's getting raped?)

OK, there were kids involved. I feel bad.

But this has little to do with churches, and more to do with isolation.

Hie the to a pew, I say... BUT ONLY IF YOU'RE AFRAID OF THEM.

Well, you're just wrong, then. -- Patrick at December 14, 2013 12:18 PM

Well thank you for being the final arbiter of everyone's opinion. I'll be sure to consult you on the rest of my opinions some time after the sun burns down to a white dwarf.

Have a good day.

Thanks, Jim P. I got a good laugh out of the response!

As above, so below. Before the Long Dark Night of the White Dwarf comes the Red Giant Burning Times. Now that's portentous!

I dunno, it just tickled my fancy.

This story is about a grandfather who molested his grandchildren.

If he were an architect, his profession would not lead the headline.

To echo Crid, but for the fact that Kindred is a pastor (albeit a "self-proclaimed" one), this would be an unremarkable story of familial abuse ignored by the major media.

But he is a pastor! The media's gotta protect us from them hypocritical religious types just itchin' to get their hands on our kiddies. They're all over, even in Maplewood, Minnesota.

What exactly is a "self-proclaimed" pastor?

Jacoby Kindred (aka Jacoby Preacherman) is described in most of the stories about him as a "self-proclaimed pastor" with something called the One Accord Ministries.

Did he attend divinity school? Did he speak in tongues or so impress a congregation with his piety and wisdom that they asked him to preach regularly to them?

The stories seem intentionally vague on his actual ministry and church affiliation.

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Maplewood, population 38,000+, is 10 minutes from St. Paul and is home to the corporate headquarters of 3M Corporation, but is otherwise seems pretty run-of-the-mill.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maplewood,_Minnesota

This story is about a grandfather who molested his grandchildren.

Correction - alleged to have molested....

This is still an accusation - although his statements to the press in his own defense really don't seem to be helping his case.