The alleged abuse occurred from 2006 to 2010 at the pastor’s home and at an Assemblies of God church in Baltimore County, Maryland, authorities said.

The alleged abuse occurred from 2006 to 2010 at the pastor’s home and at an Assemblies of God church in Baltimore County, Maryland, authorities said.

Thomas Pinkerton Jr. used to tell children in his youth group in Maryland that it was normal for a pastor to kiss boys on the lips, because that’s how Jesus greeted his disciples, according to an arrest warrant made public last week.

Kissing was just the beginning, several men from Pinkerton’s former youth group told police.

Pinkerton, 52, a youth minister known as Pastor Tommy, is being held without bond following accusations that he sexually abused six teens from 2006 to 2010 while working at Central Christian Church, an Assemblies of God church in Baltimore County. He was extradited from his home state of Georgia to Maryland last Wednesday to face 24 felony and misdemeanor counts in Baltimore County. His attorney, Justin Hollimon, said he pleaded not guilty.

  • some_designer_dude@lemmy.worldEnglish
    27·
    17 days ago

    Religious institutions must be like pre-chloroformed honeypots for vile people looking to abuse others. “Oh Jesus also liked to sword fight with his penis? Right on — let’s go, then.”

    For fucks sake, people… How transparent does it need to be? It’s a system of control like any other, but the controlled think they’re “following Christ”.

    You want to protect your kids? Keep them the fuck away from religion and the religious.

    • cmoney@lemmy.world
      15·
      17 days ago

      The fact that these religious institutions cover up the sex abuse because they don’t wanna lose any offerings in that collection plate is a whole other level of fucked up.

    • Lucky_777@lemmy.world
      9·
      17 days ago

      Religious institutions are the best place for manipulation. So it makes sense pedos would use them. Condition youth that don’t know any better and their parents willing leave children in their care with no oversight.

      100% agree, children are not safe in any religion. Now if they are adults, they can do fuck all. But children? Nope.

  • WanderWisley@lemmy.world
    15·
    17 days ago

    Reminder: not a democrat, not a trans athlete, not a member of the LGBTQ community, not a drag queen, not an immigrant.

  • crusa187@lemmy.ml
    7·
    17 days ago

    Huh interesting, not a trans or a drag queen, but in fact yet another white Christian male.

    Republicans for child rape!

  • WideEyedStupid@lemmy.world
    4·
    16 days ago

    At this point I don’t understand how there are still parents who leave their kids alone with members of any church, or republicans.

    Like, “not all priests…” doesn’t mean anything, you still won’t take the fucking risk, right?

  • Mulligrubs@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    17 days ago

    Absurdly, we all finance these pedophiles, their very favorite place to conceal themselves is the church/temple/mosque, and these are all tax free.

    And now they can openly campaign, it’s getting worse, not better.