Pastor fired over sexual exploitation charges (Had been honored by Bush)

[Blue Gardener]

http://www.theiowachannel.com/news/3976822/detail.html

A Des Moines youth pastor is charged with sexual exploitation by a counselor.
KCCI learned that the married father of four recently turned himself in to Johnston police.
Rev. Mike Hintz was fired from the First Assembly of God Church, located at 2725 Merle Hay Road, on Oct. 30. Hintz was the youth pastor there for three years.
Police said he started an affair with a 17-year-old woman in the church youth group this spring.

This story was also on the local news in Cedar Rapids, IA (KCRG), and they said this guy had been honored by Bush during one of his visits to Iowa prior to the election. I think it had something to do with his family benefiting from the tax cuts. Still looking for a link with this information.

Another shining example of right-wingnut hypocrisy.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. decades ago

a relative of mine who went to a fundy church was seduced and impregnated by her pastor. Guess which one was chastised by the church?

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

2. Yep..banging a teenager is consistent with family values

marrying the person you share your life with if you happen to be gay isn't.

[Anakin Skywalker]

3. Ah Hah Hah Hah!

Family values and morals, indeed.

[ISUGRADIA]

4. I'm sure he'll have a logical reason for this...

like he was possessed by the demon of lust. Satan has been gunning for him since he stood up for W ! </sarcasm>

[DemBones DemBones]

5. Proving once again that marriage does not stop someone from

committing sex crimes, and that people who are attracted to adolescents or pre-pubescent children gravitate towards careers that give them regular contact with young people.

[Johonny]

6. Come on

It's a little bit of a stretch to call a 17 year old pre-pubescent.
I think the guy is a victim of his own ridged moral values. Values such as that at a certain date and time people suddenly all become sexual mature and responsible. Of course a judge could be able to use his judgment to see if the women was mature enough to be engaged in such a relationship. But Republicans want fixed laws with fixed punishment and absolutely no interpretation of the circumstances. So he's screwed. Great.

[DemBones DemBones]

8. Read more carefully, please. I clearly said

"adolescent or pre-pubescent," assuming that readers would realize into which category a 17 year-old fit.

[xultar]

7. I gotta read up on this Rethug Family Values shit...lookie like it'll get

you put in jail.