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December 21, 2006

They're dropping like flies

Its been a tough year for the high profile Christianists who've been talking moral smack from the pulpit.

My theory that those ministers who squawk the loudest about sex and sexual perversity are themselves closeted sexual pervs continues to pile on anecdotal evidence.

First there was the completely creepy Ted Haggard, whose exploits with a gay prostitute have been well documented now.

Then there's Paul Barnes, another mega-church founder who was schtooping the penises too--and resigned.

And now: Huge Southern Baptist Church rocked by sexual abuse charges:

A church whose former pastor was president of the Southern Baptist Convention has been rocked by allegations of child abuse, PageOneQ has learned.

Pastor Paul Williams, who directs prayer programs and special projects at the Bellevue Baptist Church outside of Memphis, has been forced to take a leave while a church committee investigates charges that Williams sexually molested a family member 17 years ago. Williams has been at Bellevue for 34 years, reports Agape Press, a news service run by the American Family Association.

In a statement issued by the church and obtained by PageOneQ, the church's personnel committee says that Williams has taken a paid leave of absence in the wake of "a past, but highly concerning moral failure."

The pastor of the church, Paul Gaines, apparently knew about the sexual molestation and didn't do anything.

Apparently telling other people how to be moral doesn't extend to himself for Pastor Gaines.

Posted by Carla at December 21, 2006 08:55 AM