Posted on 07/26/2023 12:08:56 PM PDT by Morgana
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A former church volunteer was arrested and charged with having sex with an underage boy in Jacksonville.
The arrest report said the victim reported meeting Rashad Williams, 34, on Grindr in February. The victim said Williams messaged him and the two agreed to have sex at Williams’ home that night. The victim said Williams picked him up and they had sexual encounters that evening and the next morning. After the third encounter, the victim said he told Williams his age, which is redacted in the police report.
The victim told police he was brought back to Williams’ home three to four times for the purpose of Bible study sessions, but no one else was in attendance. He said he’d been in a continuous “spiritual” relationship with Williams for months, according to the police report.
The victim’s parents saw texts between the two on June 10 and took the boy’s phone away. After the boy didn’t respond to further messages, Williams showed up at his house and spoke with a neighbor saying he was a youth minister and was doing a “wellness check” on the boy next door, according to the police report. Investigators said the text messages showed Williams offered to pick the boy up from school and instructed him on how to lie to his parents about his whereabouts.
Jacksonville police contacted Williams in mid-June and he agreed to be interviewed. Williams said he was working with a student through his church who was struggling with same-sex attraction and he was concerned for his well-being.
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Both the underage kid and Williams were on Grindr, let that set in.
That jumped off the page, didn’t it?
“Underage” could be 17, though.
Parents took the kids phone away but that didn’t stop the in-person contact.
Duuuuuuuuuuval!
If only church volunteers were allowed to marry.
Rashad? Hmmm.
Sounds like the perp wasn’t actually associated with the church.
Whut
uh-huh
Lol…
Imagine a headline "Former Chevy Monte Carlo Owner Accused of Having Sexual Relationship with Underage Boy", but when you read it, it's about someone who hasn't owned a Chevy in years.
Rashad didn’t like Christianity so went back to practicing Islam?
As long as he was aggressive, not passive, it was pleasing to Allah. (IIRC how Muhammad described being okay to treat captured men as "eunuchs".)
You boys are on a roll! Good to see! :)
Rashad, eh?
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Rashad suggests Moslem, however the last name Williams suggests “Rashad” could be a typical scrabble derived name for a Teen.
When I was 20, I was coming back from college on the bus.
Some strange guy at the Minneapolis bus station wanted to know if I wanted to come home w him and have some soup.
My parents tried to explain it to me without getting graphic.
I figured it out a few years later.
Lots of Black people these days give their kids names that sound Muslim, or which they’ve learned are common in Africa, where many people actually are Muslim. It seems to be more frequent with boys than girls.
The ‘scrabble’ names are common for both sexes.
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