We are messed up.
First off, he won't get 60 years. On the other hand, the guy is perverted
Plus, they are not talking about the guy that did the spanking gettting 60 years - it is the guy that sexually molested here!
No, for raping the little girl. The pastor should get 30 years along with the moronic parents that brought her to the fool.
You misread.
>>60 years in prison for spanking?
We are messed up.<<
We don't for sure but my instinct reading the story is that used his position as a minister as an excuse to spank a young girl who had already been molested - that's enough for prison... if the minister did it for sexual purposes then I'd support hanging (after a fair trial, of course).
"Spanking" with a three-foot plank of wood isn't spanking. It's beating. And the way it's described makes it sound fetishistic.
If the kid was making false abuse claims, she should have been referred to a pshrink. If there was a sliver of possibility that the allegations were true, they should have been referred to the authorities. Under no circumstances is it an appropriate response to have a preacher smack the girl with a piece of lumber at an appointed place and time.
We are messed up.
What do you mean "we," Kemo Sabe?
We have a girl who was either being abused or emotionally disturbed enough to make false claims of abuse. We have a family that might be predisposed to disregard her claims, might be actively covering up, or might be innocent. We have a clergyman who might have been honestly trying to help, or might have been indulging his own weird idea of a good time.
A court will determine the answers to those questions, answers that are obscure at least in part because of active efforts to obscure the facts. There's a whole lot of ugly in this story, no matter how the chips fall.
You certainly are.
Try reading the story again in daylight.
Hint. The preacher was arrested for a misdemeanor (usual max 12 months, may vary in some jurisdictions.) The child molester is the one that faces 60 years.
60 years in prison for spanking?
We are messed up.
The years are a bit much and he won't get that, but I don't excuse what a Pastor did. I mean a 30 year old is spanking a 13 year old every Wednesday. That is disgusting. Why not go to the parents and give you opinion. I would beat the crap out of this guy for hitting my kid. He has no business hitting somebody. I find this situation very dirty.
The molester was the one facing 60 years.
The pastor is messed up, yep. On the one hand we have churches where anything goes, and the saints get trampled by the world, so in the name of 'tolerance' the pastors allow it to happen... and on the other hand we have churches that are uber-authoritarian and abusive. God help us.