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Baptist pastor: Sex with underage girl ‘is exactly what Christ desires’
The former pastor of an Indiana megachurch who is awaiting sentencing in a sex crimes case told a 17-year-old girl that Jesus wanted her to have sexual relations with him. Federal prosecutors on Wednesday released letters in which former First Baptist Church pastor Jack Schaap explained that the underage girl…
Megachurch pastor investigated over sex with teen girl
The former pastor of an Indiana megachurch is under investigation for having sex with a member of the church when she was only 16, according to USA Today. Jack Schaap, 54, was dismissed as the pastor of the First Baptist Church of Hammond after he admitted having a relationship with…
GA: Republican ex-mayor, a former church deacon, busted for public nudity
I guess he just loves relaxing as God made him. I love the part where this guy, the former mayor of Gainesville, GA, and who served as a deacon of First Baptist Church, denied he was the naked man people saw walking around intoxicated with a beer in his hand.…
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