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Texas Megachurch Minister Drives 200 Miles to Have Sex With 13-Year-Old Girl
Short News ^ | 5.17.08

Posted on 05/17/2008 12:33:05 PM PDT by trumandogz

Texas: Plano man Joe Barron, 52, a minister at Prestonwood Baptist Church near Dallas, was arrested after driving nearly 200 miles to Bryan to meet who he thought was a 13-year-old girl he had been chatting with sexually online for roughly two weeks.

The girl was actually an undercover agent leading police to Barron and his car, inside of which they found condoms and a web-cam. He had been with the 26,000-member church for 18 months; they said this was the first incident of this type with Barron.

Executive pastor Mike Buster said, "We are disturbed and saddened by the reports we have heard and we are praying for the Barron family," adding that they are giving police their full cooperation. He is currently out on bond from Brazos County Jail.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: baptist; ltkerst; megachurch; pastor; predator; sexoffender
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To: Abbeville Conservative

Maybe they can keep it a secret and send him to another district where no one knows that he is a child molester.


101 posted on 05/17/2008 3:27:34 PM PDT by ansel12 (FLDS supporters, at least pretend to be repulsed by the child rape that has been proved.)
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To: verga
One reason for difference in the "comparison mathematics" might be that the priests had a very efficient bureaucracy over most of the 53 year period covering up priestly indiscretions
"One of the important differences between abuse by male teachers and priests is that teachers are typically accused of misconduct with high school girls while priests have more often been accused of misconduct with prepubescent boys. They are both very wrong, but we think about them differently."

103 posted on 05/17/2008 3:32:42 PM PDT by Oztrich Boy ("Never apologize, Mister. It';s a sign of weakness" - Nathan Brittles)
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To: Abbeville Conservative

Then you must have some evidence, unless that was as dishonest a claim as it sounded.


104 posted on 05/17/2008 3:36:35 PM PDT by ansel12 (FLDS supporters, at least pretend to be repulsed by the child rape that has been proved.)
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To: PAR35

Wasn’t it a car dealership at one point? Or do I have my churches mixed up? Our high school used Prestonwood for it’s graduation classes. Two of my kids “graduated” from Prestonwood!


106 posted on 05/17/2008 3:39:22 PM PDT by bonfire
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To: trumandogz

Execute the dirtball.


107 posted on 05/17/2008 3:39:32 PM PDT by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: Abbeville Conservative

A single possible that you didn’t even post the conclusion to, we don’t know how that ended, but it isn’t much of a pattern.


108 posted on 05/17/2008 3:43:51 PM PDT by ansel12 (FLDS supporters, at least pretend to be repulsed by the child rape that has been proved.)
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To: bonfire
Wasn’t it a car dealership at one point?

You might be thinking about the Lutheran Church, south of Park, on the east side of Midway. As I recall the church bought out the defunct car dealership, and now run their Church and school from that location. Prestonwood Baptist is on the North-West corner of Park and Midway.

110 posted on 05/17/2008 3:49:12 PM PDT by ken in texas (come fold with us - team #36120)
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To: Abbeville Conservative

Spamming the thread with these full articles is not making your case.

Neither one tells us what the result of the claim was and they are only two.

If you keep posting articles that imply something you may be able to post 2 or 6 or who knows 23, but why not just publish some simple facts to support yourself, such as a summary of an investigative piece or a study of some sort.


112 posted on 05/17/2008 3:52:42 PM PDT by ansel12 (FLDS supporters, at least pretend to be repulsed by the child rape that has been proved.)
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To: Abbeville Conservative

In other words you grabbed that accusation out of thin air.


113 posted on 05/17/2008 3:56:39 PM PDT by ansel12 (FLDS supporters, at least pretend to be repulsed by the child rape that has been proved.)
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To: Abbeville Conservative
"That glass house you live in is in danger of crumbling into a million sharp and jagged pieces. Better watch out."

I don't know what glass house that would be, I am usually defending Catholics on this subject, and I am not a Baptist.

115 posted on 05/17/2008 4:03:07 PM PDT by ansel12 (FLDS supporters, at least pretend to be repulsed by the child rape that has been proved.)
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To: trumandogz
A pedophile pastor. You learn something new every day.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

118 posted on 05/17/2008 4:11:32 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: polkajello

Who would bail this A-Hole out of Jail?


120 posted on 05/17/2008 4:33:18 PM PDT by trumandogz ("He is erratic. He is hotheaded. He loses his temper and it worries me." Sen Cochran on McCain)
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