Praise god and pass the porn
I don’t normally quote the Christian Post, but I’m not a fanatic about it.
An Arkansas pastor has been arrested on 100 counts related to child pornography after a tip led authorities to investigate.
James Vincent Henry, 43, of Delight, Arkansas, has been taken into custody by Pike County Sheriff’s deputies after special agents with the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force received two cyber tips from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children last month, KARK reported.
Henry is the pastor of Crossroads Assembly of God Church in Delight and has served as a foster parent to 70 children over the years, according to Church Leaders.
Oh has he. So we know what those unfortunate 70 children were subjected to.
The investigation began on Sept. 25, when Special Agents with the Arkansas State Police Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force executed a search warrant, stated the Arkansas Department of Public Safety. During the investigation, agents reviewed digital evidence collected from the search warrant and information drawn from social media messaging apps.
At about 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Henry was arrested and charged with 100 counts of Possession, Viewing, and Distribution of Child Pornography (CSAM). He was transported to the Pike County Detention Center, where he remains in custody.
Amen.
If you made it up, nobody would believe you.
If it isn’t the new sacred class it’s the old sacred class. “But, your honor, my client has worked tirelessly to promote Christianity”.
As part of my job, I have to occasionally go to school to try things out on kids. In most of the schools, as a visitor I can’t be alone with the kids–there has to be an adult from the school in the room with us. As far as I’m concerned that’s a good policy. I’m not at all tempted to harm the kids in any way, but still Schrödinger’s rapist applies. Any profession that allows adults to be alone with children will attract people who want to hurt kids. For everyone’s protection–including innocent adults–there should be safeguards in place. Surely by now we know that clergy members are not above suspicion.
In Aus we have what is known as a “Working with children” certification run by each state government.
The Working with Children Check (WWCC) is a requirement for anyone who works or volunteers in child-related work in NSW. It involves a National Police Check (criminal history record check) and a review of reportable workplace misconduct.
Results of a National Police Check can take up to 4 weeks to be received.
Now this is all well and good, makes a good start, but it can also lead to complacency. It can give a false sense of security to employers or community groups because its biggest flaw is that it only catches those with convictions and we all know how cunning abusers are and how long they can hide in plain sight.
I put this alongside the “stranger danger” campaigns that led to distressed children not seeking help because everyone they didn’t know was a predator, when in reality the greatest number of abusers are either close family members or trusted people, such as priests, scout leaders, teachers, etc.
I don’t have the answer, but a good place to start is better education for children about acceptable and unacceptable activities and how to seek help. And we must ensure that there is no victim blaming in the process.