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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAnother Evangelist bites the dust - This one I take real delight in
Okay, Aladamnbama. Evangelist Acton Bowen, 37 years old, has some child molestation charges against him currently pending. Now hes got seven more charges.
He faces two counts of second-degree sodomy, two counts of enticing a child for immoral purposes and three counts of second-degree sexual abuse, according to jail records.
He was booked into jail on a $500,000 bond.
His wife filed for divorce. And then
On Friday, two of the ministrys board members stepped down, include attorney Trenton Garmon, who worked as an attorney for former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore during his failed campaign bid for U.S. senate last year.
You may remember this asshat from the video cited below:
https://crooksandliars.com/cltv/2017/11/roy-moores-lawyer-adds-ali-velshis
Article at:
https://crooksandliars.com/2018/04/alabama-evangelist-arrested-molesting-boys
dembotoz
(16,808 posts)he is a good candidate for prison ministry
AJT
(5,240 posts)They send those types to the US Senate if black voters and a handful of sane white voters can't prevent that.
thegoose
(3,115 posts)SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)blugbox
(951 posts)Who does he think he is... Walt Disney?
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Mariana
(14,858 posts)Exotica
(1,461 posts)LOL, a font designer made a typeface based off Thrumps writing
It is called 'Tiny Hands' LOL
keithbvadu2
(36,828 posts)progressoid
(49,991 posts)flibbitygiblets
(7,220 posts)I mean, this can't just be a coincidence.
Their playbook seems to be:
*Fetuses must be brought to term, no exceptions (sorry, rape and incest victims!)
*Once born, force mothers to work (making kids more vulnerable)
*Take every opportunity to deny chidren education, healthcare, childcare, food, etc.
*Defend pedophilia, including child marriage (no minimum age in 25 US STATES, others as low as 13 years old)
*Promote known pedophiles to serve in public office to ensure all of the above continues
get the red out
(13,466 posts)It's getting tough to not come to that conclusion!
Delphinus
(11,831 posts)'cause it sure seems you are speaking truth (sadly).
LongTomH
(8,636 posts)I think most of us have suspected this.
dchill
(38,503 posts)They want to claim and control the "moral high ground" - so they can desecrate it. Meanwhile, these Xtian assholes are ruining people's lives with their dicks.
MineralMan
(146,317 posts)Eventually, the bad actors get their just rewards in most cases. He can pray as much as he wants in his cell, if convicted.
OMGWTF
(3,959 posts)If they did, they wouldn't do the sh!t they're doing. If you have a conscience, you don't need religion.
gibraltar72
(7,506 posts)erronis
(15,302 posts)iluvtennis
(19,862 posts)jmowreader
(50,559 posts)Bowen's sitting in the Etowah County Detention Center on $500,000 cash bond, which his attorney is trying to get reduced because "there is not competent evidence or probable cause." I don't know about y'all, but 12 years of alleged pederasty is a pretty good reason to keep him locked up.
notdarkyet
(2,226 posts)jmowreader
(50,559 posts)It's not like this hell-bound individual was using his so-called ministry to find targets for his perversion, even though that's exactly what he was doing.
And I really have to know: how come ALL deviant preachers are into same-sex fuckery? According to the Very Hard Right, the Bible has exactly two passages:
Leviticus 18.22 - "Thou shalt not screw other men."
Leviticus 20.13 - "If we catch you screwing other men we'll kill you both."
Then we catch someone like this, and what's he been doing? Yup: Screwing other men.
One of the biggest reasons Martin Luther broke away from the Mother Church was Catholicism's practice of selling indulgences. Obviously the "evangelical" movement is back at it, in ways the Catholics never could have imagined.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)pig.
jmowreader
(50,559 posts)paleotn
(17,931 posts)She gave him an AR-15? Nice. What the holy freaking hell is wrong with these people?!
gopiscrap
(23,761 posts)NBachers
(17,120 posts)Initech
(100,080 posts)Maybe at some point all of these assholes will get caught. And then we may finally be free.
calimary
(81,313 posts)After all, they voted for - and still staunchly support (and even love) - the "grab 'em by the pussy" guy. This is that same kind of thing! Only just with kids for targets, not women.
I guess it's the "baby-killer thing." Can't vote for a Democrat because baby-killer. But after that baby's born, boy-oh-boy, ANYTHING goes. LITERALLY anything. Up to AND including molestation and sexual assault.
keithbvadu2
(36,828 posts)Acton Bowen bragging about himself
https://heavy.com/news/2018/04/acton-bowen-alabama-arrested/
"God had given me a large level of influence over the next generation"
Ilsa
(61,695 posts)but at some point, don't they feel bothered by the competition? Doesn't one of them feel the urge to be the alpha male?
world wide wally
(21,744 posts)DFW
(54,405 posts)As in "most of them." They're easy to spot. They're the ones that ask for the most money, and then spend it on themselves. Can't miss 'em.
Initech
(100,080 posts)They are two peas in a pod - nasty people elect nasty leaders, who pass nasty laws. It's the circle of shit!
BobTheSubgenius
(11,564 posts)I know the numbers aren't vast, when you measure them against the size of the population...but that number should be ZERO.
My wife used to have professional contact with Jeff London, who had her (and everyone else) convinced of his incredible sincerity, and being a testament to true faith. The two of us are very lukewarm when it comes to faith, and much cooler still when it comes to categorized religion, but she really admired him for 'walking the walk' as she used to put it.
shadowmayor
(1,325 posts)Motley13
(3,867 posts)jes06c
(114 posts)It's only wrong when a Democrat does it