RE: Damned Pervert Priests - and other assorted Holy Scumbags
Yesterday at 1:00 pm
(This post was last modified: Yesterday at 1:01 pm by Fake Messiah.)
Church pastor guilty of rape and beating children
Rev James Haram, who had been with the Free Church of Scotland (Continuing), was found guilty of 19 charges of physical and sexual abuse, including raping a woman and beating children.
His crimes took place between 1997 and 2020 at addresses in Glasgow, Dumbarton, West Dunbartonshire and in South Ayrshire.
The jury heard Haram raped, attacked and verbally abused the woman.
This included suggesting she should kill herself.
He also tracked her movements and forced her to take part in religious activities.
The victim recalled her "whole body going limp" while being choked by Haram.
Jurors heard the pastor would pressure her into sex while making biblical references.
The victim said she was told that she had to "subject" herself to him and recalled how she would sob as a result of the encounters.
The court also heard evidence of Haram's child abuse, with one girl recalling how she was regularly beaten by the pastor.
He also hit children with a wooden spoon or a rod and carried out "modesty checks" on girls to see what they were wearing.
Jurors heard he flew into a rage while in a car with two of the children and claimed that he would deliberately crash the vehicle, killing them all.
Haram told the trial: "They knew I did not mean it."
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj3lz3081y6o.amp
Warren County pastor arrested on child sex charges, North Carolina SBI says
A warrant issued for 30-year-old Shelton Burkart alleged that on June 24, 2024, he “knowingly” possessed visual material of children, ages 8 to 12, naked in dressing rooms and engaging in sexual activity.
He’s been charged with five felony counts each of second degree- and third degree sexual exploitation of a minor.
According to the North Carolina SBI, Burkart is a pastor at Zion Global Methodist Church in Norlina.
Burkart is being held under a $300,000 bond. He did appear for the first time in court Tuesday, and had a bond review/modification hearing scheduled for Thursday.
https://www.wral.com/news/local/warren-c...olina-sbi/
Irvington pastor arrested for alleged witness intimidation
MCSO said a former church member reported feeling intimidated after raising concerns about a registered sex offender holding a position at the church.
On June 30, John Penrod was arrested after authorities received a report from a church member that Penrod was participating in volunteer activities at the church where minors were present.
Deputies said Penrod was a registered sex offender and failed to notify authorities about his participation in the activities.
Authorities said other witnesses reported the loss of significant church roles and public removal by deputies, allegedly due to their cooperation with authorities.
Robert Wagley, the pastor of the church, was arrested on Thursday, Aug 14 and is charged with three counts of witness intimidation, according to jail records.
https://www.fox10tv.com/2025/08/15/local...imidation/
Rev James Haram, who had been with the Free Church of Scotland (Continuing), was found guilty of 19 charges of physical and sexual abuse, including raping a woman and beating children.
His crimes took place between 1997 and 2020 at addresses in Glasgow, Dumbarton, West Dunbartonshire and in South Ayrshire.
The jury heard Haram raped, attacked and verbally abused the woman.
This included suggesting she should kill herself.
He also tracked her movements and forced her to take part in religious activities.
The victim recalled her "whole body going limp" while being choked by Haram.
Jurors heard the pastor would pressure her into sex while making biblical references.
The victim said she was told that she had to "subject" herself to him and recalled how she would sob as a result of the encounters.
The court also heard evidence of Haram's child abuse, with one girl recalling how she was regularly beaten by the pastor.
He also hit children with a wooden spoon or a rod and carried out "modesty checks" on girls to see what they were wearing.
Jurors heard he flew into a rage while in a car with two of the children and claimed that he would deliberately crash the vehicle, killing them all.
Haram told the trial: "They knew I did not mean it."
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj3lz3081y6o.amp
Warren County pastor arrested on child sex charges, North Carolina SBI says
A warrant issued for 30-year-old Shelton Burkart alleged that on June 24, 2024, he “knowingly” possessed visual material of children, ages 8 to 12, naked in dressing rooms and engaging in sexual activity.
He’s been charged with five felony counts each of second degree- and third degree sexual exploitation of a minor.
According to the North Carolina SBI, Burkart is a pastor at Zion Global Methodist Church in Norlina.
Burkart is being held under a $300,000 bond. He did appear for the first time in court Tuesday, and had a bond review/modification hearing scheduled for Thursday.
https://www.wral.com/news/local/warren-c...olina-sbi/
Irvington pastor arrested for alleged witness intimidation
MCSO said a former church member reported feeling intimidated after raising concerns about a registered sex offender holding a position at the church.
On June 30, John Penrod was arrested after authorities received a report from a church member that Penrod was participating in volunteer activities at the church where minors were present.
Deputies said Penrod was a registered sex offender and failed to notify authorities about his participation in the activities.
Authorities said other witnesses reported the loss of significant church roles and public removal by deputies, allegedly due to their cooperation with authorities.
Robert Wagley, the pastor of the church, was arrested on Thursday, Aug 14 and is charged with three counts of witness intimidation, according to jail records.
https://www.fox10tv.com/2025/08/15/local...imidation/
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
