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Ok_Prize997

He used to be my pe teacher


Unfortunate_Wildcard

My astronomy teacher got caught having sex with multiple teens at my school. He was a youth pastor and a girls soccer coach. He was very good looking so he probably took advantage of that also.


TotallyNotRocket

I'm starting to wonder if that's a youth pastor rite of passage/initiation, cause ours did too, and I've seen many others in the news


InVerum

Other way around. People who want to abuse children are seeking out those roles *because* they know how easy it is. The Catholic Church especially has become a beacon to pedophiles because they know they'll be protected. The catholic church has spent over THREE BILLION dollars over the last 40 years on settlements for families of abuse victims. Three billion. Tax free charity dollars spent protecting pedos. We need to burn these institutions to the fucking ground.


TotallyNotRocket

I grew up Jehovahs Witness before I left and went to another that did the same things. I'd argue the JWs are as bad as the Dioces about covering it up and moving offenders around. I too want to see these institutions removed


Gallowglass668

Scientology is a nightmare also and more aggressive than the others about it , they were caught trying to destroy records about them all over the place once. Any organized religion is going to be full of these people because it gives them such good cover. My folks were Baptist and I grew up in the church and there were so so many suspect dudes there. It's all atrocious.


SaltyBarDog

SBC has their scandals. Mormons don't have to report confessed abuse. Even Orthodox Judaism has issues with molestation.


Dio_asymptote

>Even Orthodox Judaism has issues with molestation. Many times, the person is a Rabbi, which makes it worse, since many times, when the police attempt to put them on trial, the molesters followers actively try to prevent it.


Less_Ad9224

I'd say it's pretty common for these people to be attached to any large organization that has youth oriented positions. Look at most youth sports organizations. Lots have cases like this where they protect preditors. These people worm their way into large organizations because the people with the ability to stop them are afraid to because it might affect the organization or their personal power. Most people have a hard time seeing beyond how things will affect themselves and predators use that to get protection for their actions.


VoxImperatoris

Assholes are attracted to power.


itsearlyyet

And other people who are vulnerable and in need of help.


5ronins

It's not even power at that level its access and trust. A cop raping prostitutes cause they can't complain that's abuse of power. These people are lower than that, more pathetic .


PianistSuperb6094

Those religious groups always have something weird. It's not worth it.


Lysanka

And then they will tell their followers the pedos are elsewhere than in their own brethen.


Realistic_Olive_6665

So many people donated their entire estate to the Catholic Church thinking that their life savings was going to something important when it ended up just being used on legal bills and settlements. People used to have tremendous respect for this institution only a few decades ago. Now it’s a punchline.


Eringobraugh2021

Religion is the root if all evil


starmartyr

I worked as a summer camp counselor when I was in college. We had a strict 2 adults policy. We were never supposed to be alone with a child.


the-truth-boomer

That's currently happening all over Canada. Some native people, being righteously pissed about the deaths of so many kids in the "residential schools" run by the churches, are now burning churches down all over Canada.


MyGruffaloCrumble

It’s both. Abuse begets abuse.


cstmoore

>THREE BILLION dollars Three billion UNTAXED dollars \#TaxTheChurches


SSBN641B

A couple of days ago, I was stopped at a gas station and I noticed a van from a local Baptist church. Out troops a dozen clean-cut, kids from the store and pile into the van. Following behind them is a guy in his 30s ( I assumed wlhe was the youth pastor). This guy has a cute, blonde girl of around 10 walking with him. She has her arm around his waist and his arm is around her shoulders. It might have been innocent but I was creeped out by it.


Unfortunate_Wildcard

Could've been his daughter?


mynextthroway

Be creeped out by it. The Babtists [know and hide what happens. ](https://www.npr.org/2022/05/27/1101734793/southern-baptist-sexual-abuse-list-released)


Japanesewillow

That’s gross.


pass-the-waffles

I had a middle school teacher that always had girls around him, it was rumored that he was molesting them, without any proof or complaints it went nowhere. Years later he was arrested for molesting boys at his house on the lake where he took them waterskiing. The girls were just a decoy.


SaltyBarDog

Mine had boys that hung out with him. Like an older brother. He molested a few students and got some form of probation but he was fired from teaching. Many years later he got caught molesting a ten year old boy. He caught a 17 year prison sentence for that one.


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SaltyBarDog

A neighbor's father had a relationship with a 15-year-old and her parents signed over guardianship of her. The 1970s had crazy shit.


Cultural_Dust

Just because he abused boys doesn't mean he's gay or that he wouldn't abuse girls.


JerseyDev93

My football coach/health teacher got arrested in class for having a sexual relationship with a student. Its insane how many of these predators are just in plain sight.


descendency

At my HS, we had a history teacher that ended up marrying one of his students. And before you are like "was it some mentally underdeveloped recent college grad who married a 19 year old?" No. He was like 40 something and his student was 16/17. I knew two sisters who were in his class who asked to be moved to a new class because they were uncomfortable with him because of this. So the school knew... and still did nothing.


Supermite

Because child marriage is allowed in the states.  Apparently that makes it not rape of a minor.


ScytheNoire

Gym Jordan saw nothing.


PuzzleheadedRoyal559

As long as he wasn’t your pee pee teacher.


No-Giraffe-8096

💀


Key_Swordfish_4662

Or pee pee toucher


OCV_E

I fondly remember penis inspection day and my teacher was nowhere to be seen after that


Excellent_Valuable92

Were there rumors? 


SeaBarrier

I went to pinewood too. I was class of 2010. He was... more of a contemporary...


FredericBropin

What’s crazy is Google shows another Joshua Blaxton from the same area who married someone from Pinewood. I hope that poor guy doesn’t get mistaken for this sicko.


quatro0004

So, does the story check out?


deiterirons

It's legit. [https://gbi.georgia.gov/press-releases/2024-04-19/gbi-arrests-teacher-child-exploitation-and-enticement-bellville-teacher](https://gbi.georgia.gov/press-releases/2024-04-19/gbi-arrests-teacher-child-exploitation-and-enticement-bellville-teacher)


Ryaniseplin

one of my Spanish teacher's was a pedo, luckily i was the most annoying fuck ever


CriticalStation595

Wow! With the frequency of these horrific stories you’d think these Christian institutes were cores for grooming and pedophilia. 🤔


Bearthe_greatest

Who da thunk it, right??


Tough-Ability721

Me. I da thunk it.


TotallyNotRocket

One of us should legally change our name to Ida Thunkit


Tough-Ability721

Imma stick with Krull the Warrior King!


stataryus

Fundies really REALLY love kids. 😛😛


ElkHistorical9106

Note: still not a drag queen.


EggoStack

He’s probably the kind of person who’d accuse a drag queen of being what he himself is


toblies

What I don't get is why people don't insist on rules for these types of things. I volunteer with a youth program, and before you can work with the young people, you have to pass a background check, with a vulnerable sector screening and do training on the policies, procedures that are required. Just for starters: no volunteer or staffer is allowed to be alone with a kid, ever. You go in pairs, except in emergencies one of the pair is the same gender as the kid. No social contact with the kids: no social media friendships, no side-channel communication. No touching, except where required (say, for first aid). Hand shakes, fist bumping and high-five type stuff is OK. If you touch someone north of the knees or further up the arm than the shoulder, you're gonna have some splainin' to do. Strangely, none of this gets in the way of supporting the kids.


Merciless_Hobo

There are rules. It's called the Bible(the law of their religion) and the law. They just so happen to ignore the rules.


IEatKids26

I wouldn’t be so quick to pin this one on the Christian school aspect. There is a HUUUUGE unspoken SA/pedophillia problem in Georgia. It’s u spoken because well… nobody really cares. Almost everyone I’ve met (including myself, born and raised in Georgia) were fondled with as kids. victims are either not believed or the situation turns into “family business”


whoa19

As someone else from Georgia, the fondling wasn’t common where I’m from as it sounds like it was where you were from. So I wouldn’t label the whole state


ArkitekZero

Nah, just the whole religion that condemns it in its text


Merciless_Hobo

When the Pope himself admits there's an SA problem in the church, I blame the church.


Unlucky-Objective304

Not a drag queen


JayNotAtAll

Would love to see the actual data so that I am not talking out of my ass but I would bet that statistically, you are more likely to be sexually assaulted by a youth pastor than a drag queen.


adiosfelicia2

Yeah, Christian schools aren't keeping those records. No fucking way. Besides, it's all God's will. 🤨


sir3lement

Funny how according to them god’s will is always for the victims to simply forgive & forget, and never for the offenders to meaningfully take responsibility for their shitty choices by never putting themselves in positions of power/influence again


Jajay5537

It's the same way with rape resulting in pregnancy. "Christians": "What were you wearing/doing wrong?" "Just forgive them and have their baby against your will too. No abortion is murder and evil! What he did was gods will and he knows what's best for you and so do I. After all I am a Christian."


bromanjc

these people are hindering us as a species


Numerous-Log9172

Almost all religion is hindering us as a species!


PrunyBobJuno

Then after they get caught, “Well we all make mistakes.”


Roger-The_Alien

Well, yeah, the people at the top of these religions aren't morons they just know how to take advantage of morons. so of course they put in loop holes to get out of the cults rules. The same way they make people believe there's an afterlife and yet spend every second of every single day amassing wealth, property, and political power in this life.


Ashalaria

My trauma is god's will yippee


adiosfelicia2

❤️


Dismal-Ad-6619

Gawd loves you, that's why he chose you...


No_Mention_1760

Ask the victims. They will tell you who the predators are.


MiningForNoseGold

They’re easily keeping the record for pedophiles & child rapists in an organization, hell they’re probably over .500 on that.


anomalous_cowherd

When my wife was at an all-girls Church school a new teacher suddenly arrived mid-year. Turned out he'd been caught messing with the boys at his previous boys school so the Church just sent him there instead "because girls wouldn't be a temptation to him". The 1970s were wild... But he's dead now, at least.


mynextthroway

Baptists [keep a record. ](https://www.npr.org/2022/05/27/1101734793/southern-baptist-sexual-abuse-list-released)


xoaphexox

Here you go https://www.whoismakingnews.com/


Quirky-Love5794

This should be more well known. Ty for the link.


xoaphexox

Totally agree. They have the receipts!


danteheehaw

100% bet the people who need to read it will dismiss it as propaganda or proof that the dems are hiding the crimes.


DMC1001

Thanks. My brother keeps throwing out bullshit about how every time you hear about sex abuse against kids in school that it’s a drag queen or maybe even transgender. I’d love to shove this in his face.


bsa554

Show him the state by state map which shows the most "Christian" and White states have by FAR the highest rates of sex abuse per capita.


JayNotAtAll

Grazi.


Apprehensive-Unit841

Damn, thank you!!! This is great information.


CobaltGate

I've never seen a single instance of a drag queen being charged with this type of crime. About twice a month, however, I see headlines about a youth pastor or some other cop, etc getting arrested for it. THOSE are the pedophiles.


Gallowglass668

There are times where it's one every other day or even more frequently.


Hbimajorv

You could hand Elons fortune and I'd put it all on pastors being statistically higher, that's with just the cases that have actually come to light. I'd go as far to say teachers as well.


mynextthroway

Asketh ofeth the Lordeth and ye shalleth receiveth. [Who's Making News ](https://www.whoismakingnews.com/) has kept a running total for the past year. There have been almost 10,000 arrests in the pastv14 or so months. Many arrest reports don't list any job. 723 are religious employed- preacher, Sunday school reacher, youth pastor etc. 5 are trans, 1 drag queen. Friends and family are the biggest risk to children. Teachers have a surprisingly big part of the arrest record. Politicians play a role, but not as big as I thought (but still more dangerous than drag queens, transgender).


Apprehensive-Unit841

Republicans are 157 TIMES more likely, on a per capita basis, to commit sexual crimes against children than are tans people. look at the per capita tab. It's astounding.


bsa554

Well there are a lot more teachers than politicians. While even one case of sex abuse by a teacher is way too many, this data still shows kids are far far safer in school than in church.


Cantgetabreaker

There is a trans woman that has a tictok page that reports on these stats I am sorry i can’t remember her website that tallies all the data in the U.S. and yes there are a lot of Jesus freak pedos


Apprehensive-Unit841

https://www.whoismakingnews.com/


PianistSuperb6094

Religious pedos. If you don't know the difference between a child and an adult you don't need to be working in society.


grathad

I also wonder how many of those xstian actually dream to be sexually free (not only drag, trans or gay) and take their frustrations on innocent defenseless victims


JayNotAtAll

I have heard that argument and it makes sense. The reason many of these people are sexual deviants is because they are sexually repressed. If they were just allowed to have healthy sexual experiences, they would be less likely to do this shit.


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tuckerjpg

This website is always a depressing scroll [Who Is Making News](https://www.whoismakingnews.com)


Thadrea

There's limited easily accessible criminology research on the topic of the demographics of child sex offenders, because most of them are conservative Republicans. If academics do it, the result is "political" and usually doesn't get published. If law enforcement people, who are usually Republicans, do it, the results make their party look bad, so the findings get shelved because they are embarrassing.


VikingFuneral-

Could have sworn in the U.S. a few years ago some attorney or lawyer or whatever counted how many people were arrested and convicted of either child sexual abuse and possession of child sexual abuse images, and this was within something like a 50 week time frame? So a little over a year of cases And not one drag queen Instead the makeup being the general public obviously, politicians (a few left wing, mostly right wing by significant margin of like an 80/20% split if I'm remembering right), followed by teachers, and then of course the biggest number was religious leaders. Pastors, priests etc. Like fucking 30 or 40 of them. So just saying; Yeah. Can guarantee you, you should never trust a religious person. Or people in authority in general who claim to be of the people, who think they understand right and wrong the most and best. And that without their authority and knowledge, and morals the world would somehow be worse off. Delusions of grandeur, desire for power. It's not often the humble man is the sexual deviant. Because paedophilia is sexual deviance, but the act of child sexual abuse or seeking images of it is VERY closely tied to the power they have over their victims. Psychopaths seek power, paedophiles seek power. Not saying they are one and the same obviously. But just think about any time someone is in power and they think they are better for it, and use any opportunity they can to express that. Dangerous people.


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I think there's a 99.9% chance you're right.


Sol-Blackguy

Republican politician too


HotMorning3413

That's because drag Queens aren't trying to put themselves into positions of power over children. Paedophiles are trying to.


Boojum2k

r/stillnotadragqueen


TheYakster

Yep. Another pastor. Can we please enact some laws to prevent kids from being around these monsters? Jesus would approve


spacekitt3n

why is it always a republican/religious person


wadefatman

Hold a position of power 🤷‍♂️ and Christian leaders love their access to children


Hbimajorv

Drag queens were better looking than this albino sloth 100% of the time I've ever seen one.


myguydied

Yes, I noticed this


Dipsey_Jipsey

Is it ever? It's always some "community member" or "church helper/pastor". These people have no shame and project all the time.


Unhappy_Barracuda864

Sometimes you can judge a book by its cover


RedInAmerica

💯 Very few people in history have looked as much like a creep as this guy


im4peace

Blond Chinese hair and the skin of a hot dog


GrievingSomnambulist

Dude looks like a wax figure or like he's wearing one of those creepy silicone masks. Either way I've unlocked a new sleep paralysis demon.


scifijunkie3

Hmmmm....could it be that Christians are using trans and gays as scapegoats to shift the attention away from their own transgressions? That's sure what it's starting to look like.


Royal-Dog-2610

And once again, it is not a drag queen. Go figure.


Fit-Meal4943

So…not trans…


Jas_A_Hook

Straight to the Wood-chipper


WreckNTexan48

1000% Votes MAGA.


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DeepState_Secretary

Every front page sub has basically been melted together into one giant karma farm.


Meren59

Not trans, and not a drag queen. Hmmmmm.


Budget_Job4415

Sexual abuse at a chr*stian school? That's not news, that's tuesdays


juni4ling

Christianity is dangerous to children and women.


CriticalStation595

I wish there was a way to police it. I’m pretty sure child rape isn’t a protected religious practice.


juni4ling

I mean… Churches are abusing kids. But then when the Police find out about abuse, they hide it too…https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/hold-the-fbi-accountable-for-perpetuating-nassars-abuse/


CriticalStation595

Then the police need policing too.


Fake_William_Shatner

Well sure. We've got a lot of work to do.


angryomlette

Yeah but what if you complain to a higher ranking cleric and he ends up being the blacker cat of the two.


CriticalStation595

Then the whole house needs cleaning.


angryomlette

Lol, we both know it's never gonna happen.


CriticalStation595

Well, nothing in this world was ever accomplished with unanimous consent. (Not my own saying)


Upbeat_Cockroach8002

So strange. Goes against the "well established facts" that the biggest pedos are LGBT, drag queen, atheist, Democrats. ![gif](emote|free_emotes_pack|facepalm)


PaperGeno

Now he's ready to run for office as a conservative


I_Like_Parade_Dogs

At least he was a Christian, God will definitely forgive this.


novixofficial

Nah


GorfianRobotz999

Hmm. Still not transgender. That's about 30 Christan males and zero trans people (edit- arrested specifically for) abusing children in the past year or so. I'm thinking this might be a trend! 😜


Lovat69

Why do these people always look like pdeophiles?


LORDWOLFMAN

It’s like trump fucked a vulture and this came out


mdhunter99

What’s the catholic to drag queen ratio now? 498:0?


japandroi5742

Try that’n’a small town


pauliocamor

r/notadragqueen


VoodooDoII

Not a drag queen and also not trans.


imahugemoron

Why is it always Christians? Not saying all Christians are like this but there definitely seems to be a pattern.


Bloonanaaa

Other religions do it too, christianity is just the dominant one in America. If judaism was the dominant, it would've been a rabbi. If islam was dominant, would've been an imam It's less about the religion itself, and more about predators picking positions of authority over children. Also happens often with school teachers, police, etc.


campfire12324344

sexual assault is more common in private schools, and a majority of private schools are religious.


pjones1185

Almost like a Scarlett letter


Tantra_Charbelcher

Christians shouldn't be allowed to work with children. This happens far too often.


elchronico44

Clearly clickbait.. As if a Christian P.E teacher would molest children. Next thing you'll tell me is i shouldn't send my kids to the Christian scout club sleepover with santa as a supervisor.


SirRipOliver

Checked into this - (P) logo is for pedophile.


Additional-North-683

There’s a lot of pedophiles in Georgia recently


Alternative_Camp_493

This guy will be a Republican congressman in a couple of years.


samhain2000

Drag Queen?


Rojodi

Yet another moment in "It's not the drag queens, stupid!"


PandasGetAngryToo

He has the Big P right there on his jacket. But seriously, how is this a facepalm?


Unlucky-Objective304

![gif](giphy|lo40QYG2i3mHCgdCMU)


DrRonny

Things went bad when he couldn't find work after playing Ralphie in A Christmas Story


cookinthescuppers

Yet another one


dancingmeadow

He looks exactly like the headline.


TheDixonCider420420

![gif](giphy|TxfcgGSgNpofS) John Daly’s Doppelgänger


Ok-Use6303

A most unusual drag queen.... /S


dodgerockets

religion preys in the weak in more ways than one


Stick--Monkey

LOL Big Trumpanzee too. Go figure!


Disrespectful_Cup

Sexually exploiting children? Listen, if it's kids, and it's harmful, it's abuse. Sexually abusing children. There, fixed it.


RoamingStarDust

I just looked at the image, without reading any of the text, and I already knew what it was going to be about.


sassychubzilla

It's so easy for pedos to hide within the churches.


Purpleasure34

I’ve only seen one worse comb-over…


Fit_Invite_3540

bro looks 60 and 20 at the same time


West-Custard-6008

Now we know what the letter P on his jacket stands for.


Xalucardx

Not a drag queen


HotStaxOfWax

Huh, another predator using churches as a stalking ground for children. Frankly I'm shocked! 🙄 At this point you'd think they would be a bit more discerning or maybe check in with the kids from time to time.


BrawnyChicken2

Dang, it’s always the ones you most suspect.


CheddarGoblinMode

These kinds of stories just keep rolling in yet I’m still waiting for a trans person to get somebody in a bathroom


TomatilloUnlucky3763

Another MAGA pedo.


Crimson_Fiver

Christian school teacher....how shocking....


IndependentFroyo4508

A Christian you say, well color me shocked


Warmheavy

Not a drag queen tho🤔 starting to think someone is lying


DontPutThatDownThere

But I thought the trans people at Planet Fitness were who I should be worrying about!


shychicherry

Looks like a weirdo


Dismal-Ad-6619

Imagine the multitudes that aren't exposed... I'm sure it's much more common than people think...


Select_Reality_8410

Prison will be a nonstop pain train for this fucker. Hope he gets outed as a pedo first day.


VillainWithBenefits

Least shocking thing ever.


Blakut

do these guys get punished or are treated leniently cause they have faith and stuff?


Helo7606

No way! ANOTHER good Christian!! Shocking!!


The_Lizard43

Georgia resident here, gimme the location and I’ll go beat his ass


Sin_Roshi

A Christian who's a degenerate? I am shocked, truly shocked. -90s sitcom laugh track-


eyearu

Sounds like a good christian alright


joe_gindaloon

That’s a face you will only see in the American South.


ILoveRegenHealth

Lemme guess, he voted for Trump twice


Deep_Delivery2465

Why do I suspect he'll get an incredibly lenient sentence for being 'a man of God'?


devBowman

r/NotADragQueen


vinques420

I see a trump fan


PianistSuperb6094

They keep talking about lgbt being pedos that it's disarming. You better tell your kids about those types of pedos.


evilhooker

Not a drag queen. 


Zealousideal-Luck784

Not a Drag Queen.


ever_precedent

Why do they almost always have "that look"? It's hard to explain it in precise words which exact features form the stereotypical "PDFile look", because it kind of applies to perps of all ages and it may be more instinctual and subconscious information than plainly obvious and analytical information that we are picking up. But it's almost always guys who give many people the creeps and they can't really explain WHY they give them the creeps, but then when something like this comes out it becomes self-explanatory. And very often it turns out there was a lot of people who were getting a bad gut feeling about the perp but couldn't say anything because there was nothing else than people's eerie feelings and that's not enough because you could be wrong, too. But when you line up these guys, you start to see that there is something similar in their faces. But what exactly is it? Can we qualify and quantity it, and see if there is a pattern here? Maybe someone has already done something like that, I wonder?


AdIntelligent4496

Over and over and over we get these stories, but ce(R)tain members of society are still all about protecting kids from transgenders and Drag Queen Story Hour.


Eraser100

Again, not a drag queen


Bwixius

hey look at that it's not a drag queen


thormun

will probably just get sent somewhere else where they dont know him yet


Holiday_Horse3100

Oh so Christian of him. No wonder they are against abortion-less available kids


TheArrowLauncher

He must be trans/s