Ministry members charged with child sexual abuse.

[DoYouEverWonder]

Three longtime members of the Gospel of Truth ministry, which puts on a famous Christmas House display, are charged with child sexual abuse.

April 7, 2006

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After investigating the woman's complaint, St. Petersburg police on Wednesday arrested three longtime members of the Gospel of Truth ministry, which puts on the Christmas display, on charges related to sexual battery. Police say they have uncovered horrific allegations that young children were assaulted by one of the ministry volunteers in the 1980s and early 1990s and forced to have sex with each other as ministry members watched.

Police said Wesley Earl Ball, 72, molested the girl when she was between the ages of 10 and 12, including once in a bathroom at the Christmas House. He's charged with three counts of capital sexual battery.

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After watching a movie called The Late, Great Planet Earth narrated by Orson Welles, Kresge began studying the Bible with his wife and came to believe the apocalypse was near.

In 1977, the Kresges began decorating their Oakdale street home for Christmas. By last year, the extravaganza included several polar bears, computer-operated lights on the Christmas tree, and fiber optic trees, one of which had more than 150,000 lights.

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"He was very religious," Hadley said. "He would just keep saying, "God is going to bless us."'

http://www.sptimes.com/2006/04/07/Southpinellas/Ministry_members_char.shtml


More sexually perverts who cloak themselves in christianity.

[MadMaddie]

1. No surprise here....DHS....So called Christians..Priests...

they use their so called religion to access these children...they deserve no less than prison with hard labor.....

[karlrschneider]

2. Florida again. (I lived in Tampa for 18 years, I know how weird

it is down there)
:eyes:

[Judi Lynn]

5. Considering the news stories coming from that state,it seems children have

a very difficult time trying to grow up there. Florida seems to be bad for their overall health in so many cases that get national attention, from the Department of Children and Families, to overcrowded schools, to foster children simply disappearing, child murders, to children actually dying in jail through various causes.

Sounds like a good place to put behind you, at times.

[Beelzebud]

3. LOL For some reason I thought you meant the industrial band, Ministry. :D

[OneBlueSky]

4. "As a rule, it was the pleasure-haters . . .

who became unjust." . . . W.H. Auden . . .

apparently they also became the most degenerate . . .

[leesa]

6. Another salvo fired against good Christians in the war on Christianity!

Wonder if Jerry Foulwell prefers boys or girls in the 10-12 year old range. Seriously, real Christians need to start getting tough on these groups and really start making a stink about them...so many of them are End Timers people who are frightened little rabbits with bad faith who are willing to fulfill any kind of sick fantasy because the worlds about to end anyway so what the heck.

Real Christians need to take on the Revelations nutcake crowd.

[jwirr]

7. I guess there is a reason the repugs and rw fundies are so

upset by sexual crimes (i.e. Monica) - they are surrounded by molesters in both their party and their churches. However, there is a difference between a consensual blow job between adults and child abuse.

[WhiteTara]

8. more fundies from Florida

what is it with that state? I was going to call them pervert fundies, but I realized that was redundant.