[Celtic Cross]

Pastor Andrew J. Bierkan (Massachusetts, indicted) First Congregational Church of Sutton

Pastor Eddie Thomas (Ringgold, LA, Charged) St. Luke Baptist Church

Rev. Gene Francis (Florida, Charged) Church of the Nazarene

Rev. David Valencia (Arizona, Charged) assistant pastor at Christ Church at Grove Farm

Youth Pastor Marty A. Hynes (Charged, 8 counts) First Assembly of God church

Louis Anguiano (JH, Charged) elder at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses

Pastor Dennis Larry Shaw (IL, charged) Baptist

Minister Sabala (Guilty) Four-Square Church

Rev. Thomas Masters (Florida, guilty) New Macedonia Church

Pastor Barasda (RI, Guilty)

Pastor Anthony Shafer (OH, convicted) non-denominational church

Rev. Joseph A. Rinaldi (VT, Guilty) Newbury Bible Church

Pastor Garry Toavs (guilty) pastor of Evergreen Alliance Church

Youth Minister Anthony Waters (Guilty)

Pastor Ilger (Guilty) Hope Chapel of the Valley

Pastor Kemp (NY, convicted) Mount Zion Baptist Church

Youth Minister Charles Richard Willits (Texas, convicted) Youth minister Kurt Danskin (WI, pleaded guilty)

Youth Minister William Bell (SC, guilty) Youth Minister Rex Jason (OK, guilty) River of Life Church

Youth Minister Spain (TN, guilty) First Assembly of God Church *********************************************************

Pastor Barasda (resigned from Rhode Island to Maryland)

Pastor Kerry Clyde Martin (CA, molested children at three other churches before being caught)

dozen church elders decided unanimously that pastor Rev. Lawrence French, who says he is innocent, should remain as pastor. Convinced that the 72-year-old pastor could not have committed the alleged offenses, they also concluded that it would be unfair to French to notify other members of the church about the allegations. (The Boston Globe, November 1, 2002)

Pastor Ilger (CA, "We've lived and learned a painful lesson," the Rev. Jeff Fischer of Hope Chapel said outside court. Fischer has said he and about 30 church elders knew that Ilger had molested young girls before he was hired." (emphasis mine) )

I guess many Churches have a lot to answer for.

[Gamecock]

What do you call a Catholic priest who sexually abuses kids? Father. (Vost majority of cases)

What do you call a Protestant minister who abuses kids? Inmate. (With 2 exceptions)

[Dr. Eckleburg]

Thank you. You have just helped to prove my point.

When pederasts they are found to be in Protestant churches, they are usually turned over to police authorities, tried and convicted if guilty.

They are not protected, hidden nor promoted, as they are in the RCC.

And further, the cases you cite are from a dozen states.

37 Roman Catholic priests suspected of pederasty in one city in one diocese.

[MarkBsnr]

The harpies have spoken.

[MarkBsnr]

The harpies have spoken.

[RnMomof7]

If you notice they have all been outed..removed from their ministry and handed over to the law..

Their churches did not cover for them or transfer them

[ConservativeNewYorker]

The problem with your comment is evident in the post itself.
All of those Protestant Pastors were in fact, charged and convicted of their crimes. The real crime in the RCC abuse scandal, besides the abusive acts themselves, is the great lengths the RCC hierarchy went to protect the abusers. Not only were they not removed from Pastoral duties, and reported to the proper authorities, in most cases they were reassigned to parishes without the accusations against them, made public to the parishes they were headed to. Simply put, the RCC cared more about the abusers than the children in their care.