Posted on 11/23/2009 2:00:24 AM PST by markomalley
At the bustling Church by the Glades in Coral Springs, pastor David Hughes usually preaches the gospel, the good news. But Sunday, the news was bad.
``There is brokenness, anger and a lot of hurt. This is an ugly story,'' Hughes told a sanctuary packed with several hundred worshipers for the 11:15 a.m. service.
The story broke Saturday when Coral Springs police arrested one of the church's youth pastors, Russell Dion Lewis, 28, and charged him with custodial battery and 10 counts of lewd and lascivious molestation.
Police said Lewis molested a 14-year-old girl and tried to rape her. Investigators added that the contact between Lewis and the girl, even if it was consensual, was illegal because of the girl's age.
Lewis was held Sunday in the Broward County jail on $20,000 bond.
(Excerpt) Read more at miamiherald.com ...
That says a lot
hey “pal”, the point was, and don’t get all bent because I got a little ticked off because quite frankly it’s tiresome to see the Church constantly put through the ringer yet everyone else seems to get a pass. Anyway as I was saying the article is about a Protestant youth minister and what is one of the first posts but “what is the Catholic Church doing etc etc” oh but that’s not Catholic bashing, just hijack the thread to talk about Catholic priests instead of the topic at hand. And by the way, “people like you” is an expression meant to encompass those exhibiting similar behavior and does not mean that I think I “know” you.
Pot meet kettle.
Yeah.
Discuss the issues all you want, but do not make it personal.
I wanted the thread to be about the article, but it isn’t because he hijacked the thread.
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