Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Sick To My Stomach!
Abby received a very disturbing phone call a few moments ago from a friend of hers from Sunday school class. She informed Abby that the 28 year old male leader of the boys' Sunday school classes, whom Abby gave high 5's to all the time, was just arrested! Apparently, he went on MySpace and posed as a 16 year old girl asking for sexual favors from a 13 year old boy. He picked the boy up at the entrance to his neighborhood, took him to a vacant house, and sexually molested him! This man was, also, a prominent member of our church's choir and often sang solos! Though I never met him, he always seemed so filled with the Holy Spirit. This has rattled me to the core! If we can't trust those who serve in church, are our children really safe ANYWHERE? Please take this as a warning. Stay plugged into to what you kids do and with whom they associate. You just never know!
April
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31 comments:
I'm praying now April. How terrible this is!
Oh my goodness.....that is terrible!! How tragic!
I don't trust people at all, you just never know.
(although I'm also questioning what was a 13 year old boy answering requests for sexual favors for? - not that he deserves to be hurt or anything, just curious. I don't recall even KNOWING about sex at that age!)
unfortunately you're right. you can't trust anyone and need to pay attention to everyone your children come in contact with. it's so sad. i hope there aren't more victims from this guy.
Brings tears to my eyes. How sad!!!!
Oh April~I am praying for your situation. I am so sorry!
I pray for comfort and wisdom for your church family!
Carire
This is a story that has happened in my town more than once this past year and it still just makes me sick. Praying for you...
So Sad...Only good thing, these sickos are being found out and caught..!!
April- This is horrifying. It is a terrible reminder that things are not always as they seem...:( Take care and know that you are in my prayers. Lori
That is just so sad! The world is such a scary place now days!
This is terrible! It goes to show we really need to monitor our kids on the internet because there are bad people out there that can hurt them!!
I'm sorry, April. Sorry for the boy, who thought he was about to live every boy's fantasy and instead ended up in a nightmare from which he may never recover. Sorry for your church family; these things can tear a church apart. I'm praying for divine guidance for your leaders. And I'm sorry for Abby and you; it IS horrifying to realize that such ugliness can be found even in those who profess to serve God as their vocation. Unfortunately, pedophiles seem to be one of, if not THE hardest group to rehabilitate; that young man should never, EVER be alone with anyone under the age of 18 again. EVER. Praying that you can both learn to trust again; not with reckless abandon, but with careful consideration. We live in a broken world, but God can make beautiful things from broken pieces.
hugs...
oh april......wow i have tears in my eyes as i read this!!!!!!
we will keep all of you in our thoughts and prayers!!!!
That is so scary - and sad!
Wow... this makes my sking crawl.
I hope Abby is doing ok. Thanks for sharing this.
How awful! You just never really know about people!
April, this must be so shocking and upsetting for you all. I will pray for your family and your whole church family at this terrible time.
Lindsay
x
This is just so sad and scary. I'm thankful that Abby has remained unharmed and my thoughts are with the boy and his family.
Oh no- that's awful! I'm so sorry something like this has hit so close to home, April. I can't believe how terrible this world is getting sometimes!
Hugs to you and Abby... I know this must be hard for her too!
April, I am sorry.
Evils seaps in in the most unheard of places sometimes. The devil is masterful like that.
I am so thankful he was caught.
I am so thankful God used this as a lesson to you and, with this post, He has used it as a lesson for all of your readers.
Good will come out of this for Him.
The only truth you can really trust is that God lives in YOUR heart. Everyone else's heart is for you to pray for with only the best of hope.
There are so many wolves in sheep's clothing around us all.
.mac
Very sad and appalling. Prayers for the child involved, but also prayers for the criminal - no one can be his judge, except for God - as He knows everything in that man's heart, and what lead up to his evil deeds. Sometimes I wonder why Jesus died for us - we are ALL so guilty - all sins are EQUALLY BAD in God's eyes, yet being human we tend to put sin on a "scale" to list some as minor offenses (white lies), and some as major unforgivable offenses (child molestation, murders). With prayer, there is help for the future of the child involved, AND for the sinner (even though we might not believe he 'deserves' any help at the time we hear about his crime).
The worst part is that it hurts the cause of Christ. So many will remember this and not remember all of the good Christians they hear about.
That just sickens me!! WHat the heck is wrong with people?!!!
Why did the boy get in the car?
Ugh, no it seems the kids are only safe under our wing!!!
Oh wow. This is so sad and scary!!!
Thank God your children are safe, and I pray for the family of the boy who was molested. These people are sick to the core, and I'm glad he'll be behind bars where he belongs!!
Your right we just never know!
I actually GASPED out loud reading this...
That is just horrible...
This man definitely needs prayers..
The double life he was leading...
Praying for the family of the boy & his family... or any other children this man may have abused.
Yuck!! Happened at our old church too. Take it as time to teach life lessons. It's just disgusting what we have to teach our kids sometimes.
I work in a mega-sized church in the children's ministry so I completely feel ya. It is a very scary world so we have to be extra careful and protect the kids.
We have very strict policies we stick with and it is for the exact reasons in your scary post. We do background checks, detailed background screenings, personal interviews, background interviews, etc before anyone can serve in our ministry. Our policies are to keep our kids safe, as well as the adults too. It lets the adults know that we are serious here. Now, I'm not going to say we haven't had a few adults "fall off the good cart" cuz we have. We have a 2-adult policy when around kids so there are always eyes watching. Fortunately when we recently had an adult "unfortunately fall from the cart" he came to us and fessed up." It is quite disappointing when something like this happens, but we have to keep on keeping on and keep our kiddos safe and at the same time hope that the person comes to see his wrong and correct all. Of course they are never allowed around the kids again. Ya know what I'm saying? (probably none of this will make sense, but at the moment there are 1,500 kids here for VBS so I'm not all here, but I am on the good cart).
heartbreaking...bone chilling...unnerving...devastating...
I am so sad that this happened and that it was someone that you trusted...
The poor child...
This saddens, and sickens me.
That's horrible, I'm so sorry.
xoxo
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