Another day, another antigay preacher busted for being a pervert. This time it’s Paxton Singer, a former youth pastor at Harvest Bible Chapel in Aurora, Illinois, who allegedly asked a 16-year-old boy to send him nude pics and sneak away with him for a weekend alone together.
According to prosecutors, 24-year-old Singer “knowingly enticed a person under 17 years of age to remove their clothing for the purpose of sexual arousal or gratification of the defendant or the child.”
He and the teen met at a church event. Afterwards, Singer allegedly sexted the boy for almost a year, between October 2016 and August 2017.
When leaders at Harvest Bible Chapel learned about the relationship in January 2018, they claim Singer was “involuntarily terminated for cause” and that they notified authorities immediately.
“Three incidents related to the former employee in question were all reported to DCFS during the second and third week of January 2018.” Scott Milholland, the senior executive pastor at Harvest Bible Chapel, told the Chicago Tribune. “Further contact between our staff and DCFS beyond that time period were follow-up related and did not involve any new incidents.”
But officials at the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) tell a different story. They say the charges against Singer, which include disorderly conduct and sexual exploitation of a child, didn’t result from the church calling them in January, but instead came after a hotline call placed several months later.
“The DCFS child protection investigation was completed in October 2018, and Paxton Singer was indicated for sexual exploitation,” officials say.
Meanwhile, Newsweek reports:
On Friday, Kane County Circuit Judge Michael Noland ruled that another alleged teen—whose exploitation Singer was not being charged with—could testify about inappropriate texts and Snapchat messages. Noland said the texts to the “uncharged victim” were similar enough that his testimony was relevant. (Another alleged victim is not being allowed to testify, as he was 17 at the time and therefore wasn’t legally considered a child.)
Singer’s trial was originally scheduled to begin in July, but was rescheduled to start September 4.
According to church rules, Harvest Bible Chapel believes that God “is the sole authority in matters of marriage and sexuality for all people, and that marriage involves the sacred joining together of one man and one woman in faithful, permanent union.”
Related: Antigay pastor has breakdown in pulpit, admits to having “affair” with underage boy to entire church
Cam
Go after the church for not reporting the incident and obstructing justice.
menuga
You mean in addition to the first part of story reading
“Singer was “involuntarily terminated for cause” and that they notified authorities immediately.”. ?? Just curious. NOTIFIED AUTHORITIES IMMEDIATELY!! Yeah, they probably should have notified someone and not obstructed justice.
Brian
Maybe you should read the paragraph after that where child services says they didn’t report it?
amicusets
Brian, that isn’t what the article says. It says:
“They say the charges against Singer… didn’t result from the church calling them in January, but instead came after a hotline call placed several months later.”
So, it doesn’t deny that the church contacted them and reported the incident, just that the DCFS office didn’t do anything until months later when someone else called the hotline. It appears more likely, at least from this article, that DCFS either did nothing initially or didn’t have probable cause to charge him after the church’s report.
Donston
It’s sorta weird to see him referred to here as a “pervert”. Yet, there was a recent movie centered around a 24 year old guy and 17 year old teen boy having an “affair” that was consistently celebrated on this site. Anyways, this guy is another hypocrite and another person using some position of power to manipulate others.
Catholicslutbox
you fail to take into account the age of consent in italy.
in fact… several states in the US have an aoc of 16-17.
controversial2019
As Catholic says, it’s about age of consent. Had Elio been 18 and Oliver 24; nobody would have batted an eyelid. However as Elio was 17, and it seems a fair few Americans aren’t used to such an age of consent, people were outraged. Forgetting that it was all very legal. Heck, here in the UK it’s legal aged 16. Nobody is batting an eyelid if a 16 year old gets with a 24 year old; because it’s legal.
Donston
I don’t care about legal age. What’s good for goose is good for gander. You can’t celebrate a film about a 24 year old guy (who looked much older) having an affair with a 17 year old guy and then deem this dude a “pervert”. It’s hypocrisy. Period. I’m pretty certain if the pastor was openly gay-identifying and wasn’t attached to Conservative and religious agenda this site would hardly be referring to him as a “pervert”. Hypocrisy and double standards makes us all look like frauds.
controversial2019
Donston – please can you explain how two adults of legal age engaging in sex is perverted? You sound like the homophobes who say being gay is perverted; yet our argument is always ‘What’s perverse about two consenting adults?’.
Perhaps you’d like to explain what’s perverse about two consenting adults? If it was 20 and 27? 23 and 30? 18 and 25? The same 7 year age gap. Would any of those be perverse to you? Or is it only because you’re not accustomed to 17 being an adult as in Italy? Please do explain your reasoning.
Donston
I didn’t say anything was “perverted”. I called the site hypocritical for its use of the word “pervert” and for its obvious biases.
controversial2019
But how is it hypocritical to call illegal activity perverse but to advocate and celebrate legal activity?
Please explain (if indeed you can)
Donston
Once again, what’s good for the goose is good for gander. If CMBYN was set in the US I’m certain this site wouldn’t have referred to that character as a “pervert”. In fact, they haven’t referred to a lot of guys in the US who have dated teens as perverts. They referred to this dude as “pervert” because he’s a Christian pastor who likely presented himself as “straight”. That’s why it’s hypocritical and biased. It’s about legal age or the country you’re in. That is not why they referred to him as a “pervert”, and I think you know that.
Brian
Age of consent is an arbitrary number. You either think it’s wrong to have sex with someone X years old or you don’t. Where they live shouldn’t affect your opinion. But it definitely should affect whether you act on it or not.
PinkoOfTheGange
Legally:
The youth pastor is by definition in a “Position of Power” over the kid, and the kid was 16. And while the AOC in IL is 17, except when one of the players is in a position of power then it raise the AOC to 18.
Morally:
Oliver wasn’t payed to tell Elio being gay is an abomination, and had no sway over his existence. Nor did he make a habit of targeting young men. Oh and it was fiction.
bonbon
The pastor is abusing a position of power.
dean089
Age of Consent doesn’t mean open season on 16- and 17-year-olds. They are still minors and if the parents take issue with the relationship they can file charges. A guy I know will for the rest of his life be on Michigan’s sex offender registry because when he was 18 in high school his 17-year-old boyfriend’s parents didn’t approve. So now anyone that wants to, including potential employers, can look him up on the state website. Age of consent just means that his profile says “Sex with a minor” instead of the more horrific descriptions used for people who’ve had sex with children. It’s not a free pass by any means.
inbama
Rather than waste money on prison, “perverts” like Singer should be sentenced to community service. I think Sex on Wheels for housebound seniors would be appropriate.
DuMaurier
Well, breaking the law and being a “pervert”–which is a non-legalistic term–are different. I am disgusted at the idea of a 25 year-old “having sex” with a 14 year-old, and the needle on my judgment meter wouldn’t move even a fraction if you tell me that’s legal where it happened. A 19 year-old having consensual sex with a 17 year-old isn’t pervy in my book whatever the local laws say. What this “youth pastor” did is reprehensible because of the age difference and him (at least implicitly) using his church position over a vulnerable young person. Even if a good lawyer found some technicality or legal theory to get him out of it prosecution-wise my opinion wouldn’t change.
JaredNorthcutt30
As an asexual and trans bystander, I find it odd that this exact same setup is celebrated by Queerty under the guise of “Call Me By Your Name.” Therefore, the fake pearl-clutching at ‘perversion’ is comedically rich. You’re operating from a similar level of hypocrisy as Youth Pastor.
Donston
“As an asexual and trans bystander… ”
Lordy. You’rd not a “bystander”. You’re someone who used to identify as a gay man. Now, you’re apparently trans and asexual. Which is fine. However, you also seem to resent men, particularly ones who are cis and gay identifying and/or who have unabashed passions, affections, and relationship ambition towards other guys. There’s nothing “bystander” about any of it. You have a very clear perspective and bias.
JaredNorthcutt30
And here we come with your same recycled crap. I’m not the only one who recycles. Jesus H. Christ. I’m not even bother reading this comment. Thank you next.
JaredNorthcutt30
Donston sweetie, I do not care one iota who you sleep with. Not one. It never crosses my mind. I know in your chest-beating self-importance that you want to think I care who you sleep with. Get this through your head: I. Do. Not.
Donston
Sweetie, I exposed you months ago. It’s good to see you’re still alive. I as well don’t care who anyone sleeps with. I do however care that you’re a man-hating Bitter Betty who shits on the “gay community” in almost all your posts. You’re a bad look for trans all people. Go confront all your issues and traumas and come back with something else.
JaredNorthcutt30
You didn’t expose anything, Walter Cronkite. Put down your penis and engage a human being in a conversation.
Donston
I tried extending an olive branch multiple times. I tried communicating respectfully. In fact, I was the only one here who did try. But you were threatened by that. You prefer people to be angry towards you to justify you own anger. All your posts were and continue to be dismissive and bitter. You have nothing to add and no agenda beyond your resentment towards cis men and the “gay community”. That’s all there is. You need to calm down and find some way to not blame all cis men and the “gay community” for all your issues and traumas. You also seem obsessed with bringing up penis in every single article you respond to. It’s very telling.
JaredNorthcutt30
Meanwhile, you’re getting called on the carpet for the EXACT behavior you’re accusing me of in the proceeding thread. Somebody pass the popcorn.
JaredNorthcutt30
You wanna know why I bring up penises? Like the conservative Christian community, the gay community is OBSESSED with it. It’s one thing y’all have in common.
JaredNorthcutt30
Oh. And you moved onto from being investigative Diane Sawyer on Primetime Live to trying some Eckart Tolle psychobabble therapy. Yawn.
JaredNorthcutt30
I’ll repeat what I told you last time. Stop replying to my posts if you’re so aggrieved. Problem solved.
Donston
Unlike you, I know how to fight my battles without slinging dirt. I have no issues with going back and forth with people without letting bitterness and anger get the best of me. And just like the people I’m going back and forth with, you’re trying to contort issues to conceal your own nonsense.
I’m not even that into dick, but someone loving dick shouldn’t bother you. Nor should someone loving cis men and wanting to give affections to, get love from and be with a cis male. I don’t care if you were molested by this person or raped by so and so. Your resentment towards penis, towards cis men, towards gay-identifying men doesn’t do anything for anyone, except give you a selfish catharsis. You don’t even feel a part of the “community” any longer. Move on with life and your next phase. Stop holding on to the past.
xanadude
I’m pretty sure that the whole point is that he is an ANTI-GAY PASTOR, not the age difference.
JaredNorthcutt30
If that’s true, why did Queerty include the ‘sex scandal’ hyperlink?
menuga
Donstin has a very valid point.
As I read all his dirt sling, butter, anger filled, hateful messages, I thought (WAY) before he said it…
“Now here’s a man that can fight his battles (and reply’s) without dirt slinging. And some of his reply’s could even be comprehended, the others, with the psycho cable I just had to overlook and love on it got too difficult try to understand them from ANY point.
And the last reply was VERY self-telling when you brought up DICK twice and PENIS once in a short message, that you in NO way liked either of them.
JaredNorthcutt30
Here’s another hot take. You can put down your psychology degree from Kaplan University. I mention the penis so much because of my gender-related traumas and the fact that the gay community reduces people to ONE BODY PART. That’s why I mention penises. Do I think they’re arousing? No. If you want, I can gladly, gladly forward you pictures of my saggy Estradiol ball sac. Now, go ahead and pick up your psychology degree from Kaplan University again. Continue.
Donston
Hmmmhmm. Nothing to add but resentment towards penis, cis men, gay-identifying males, and cis male-cis male passions, affection, relationships and love. Some regular trans represent-tay-tay would be nice on this site. But you ain’t the one.
JaredNorthcutt30
And what pray tell do you add except coming into the comments and acting like a basic bitch repeatedly?
JaredNorthcutt30
You’re the prime example of why I moved on from dudes. Whiny self-importance.
Donston
I’m whiny? All your posts offer nothing but contempt and whine-fests.
But I thought you moved on because you were indifferent towards and/or grossed out by penis or someone raped you or you became asexual or you just hated guys? Whatever. Just like you don’t care who I’m sleeping with, no one cares that you’re not into dudes any longer. Nor is anyone going to feel sympathy for a trans person who doesn’t have anything to add but bitterness and resentment towards penis, cis men and gay passions/love/relationships. If you’ve moved on then truly move on. But you obviously haven’t truly moved on, which is why you’re still here. I have to cook dinner for my whiny but lovable cis husband now….
Charlie in Charge
I think it’s an interesting point to consider. Is there any qualitative difference in the fact that this person was in a position of authority over the boy that could be inappropriate no matter what gender he was?
Cam
Except it appears that not only was the kid 15, but it happened with other kids too.
Odd that you want to leave that part out.
JaredNorthcutt30
Donston made a similar comment. Typically, I don’t read comments from this person. Apologies for the double-post.
PinkoOfTheGange
(Readers Digest version)
Oliver wasn’t payed to tell Elio being gay is an abomination, and had no sway over his existence. Nor did he make a habit of targeting young men. Oh and it was fiction.
JaredNorthcutt30
I mean, the Youth Pastor looks like Artie Hammer or whatever the hell his name is.
lord.krath
When will people realize that the most homophobic and hateful persons are prime candidates for being self loathing Moes? How many examples of this behavior?
sfhairy
Because of course, he did. Those who protest the loudest are often the ones who are hiding something.
controversial2019
I believe the pastor has been branded a pervert because the boys (except one) were minors (but not pre-pub this cant be called a paedo).
Whether you agree with it or not, in Call Me By Your Name, Elio was of legal age. Therefore Oliver wouldn’t have been a ‘pervert’ for being with a legal adult who was 7 years his junior.
JaredNorthcutt30
Ohhh. So pervert is all about following US moral codes suddenly? Got it.
xanadude
Let me guess, he was just going to suck the gay out of him…
Chris
Good lord, we’re so busy bashing each other we’re missing the point of the story. The point to me appears to be the hypocrisy that has resulted from the difference between the behavior of a senior church leader and their very vocal homophobic doctrine.
PinkoOfTheGange
Oh you mean the part that makes the whole thing perverted?
Abuse of power;
Actions contrary to that powers message;
And it is real life.
Aaron
Whenever an attractive masculine-looking gay man is in trouble, there’s always a slew of thirsty followers that will forgive and defend his abhorrent actions. Hiding behind accusations of Queerty’s hypocrisy. How about agreeing that this man is a pedophile? How about not getting defensive when Queerty is pointing out the truth about this man’s crimes? Ya’ll are gross pedophile sympathizers.
controversial2019
Actually, whilst I find his actions abhorrent, legally he can’t be labelled a paedophile as the definition of that relates to pre-pubescent individuals. He would be an ephebophile (which I learned from Anne Rice’s literature!)
Donston
I know I wasn’t personally defending him. I was merely startled by the word “pervert” and called the site out on using that word to describe him. It’s a word that this site almost never uses, even when posting about child abusers and people who commit sexual assault. This is a site that has also, depending on the situation, hyped up and supported men who exchange in sexual activities and relationships with teens, even teens who are under 18. I didn’t express any support towards him. I called out the site’s use of descriptors. “Pervert” is not a word they would have used if he wasn’t an anti-gay Christian preacher.
Brian
Lusting after 16 year olds is in no way pedophilia.
Sister Bertha Bedderthanyu
Brother Aaron if thats how you really feel you’d be right at home here in the amen pew at the First Self-Righteous Church in Pascagoula with me and a few of the girls and guys. We don’t really pass judgement per se, we just keep our opinions amongst ourselves though I must say many times our opinions have leaked out to the rest of the congregation. Hope to see you there on Sunday. If you can’t make it on Sunday be sure to stop by on Friday during the fish fry and say hi and get acquainted. Yes, you definitely sound like our type. And gay too? Lord, we couldn’t ask for more.
Kangol2
This youth pastor is many things, but not a pedophile.
He’s a hypocrite, since he preaches for an anti-gay church yet is soliciting young men.
He’s an ephebophile, since he’s going after men in late adolescence.
He’s abusing his position of power, as a youth leader and mentor, by preying upon a young man under his tutelage.
He’s a creep, based on all of the above.
And now, for violating the laws of the state of Illinois, he’ll be a convict and a felon.
Aaron
An adult sleeping with an underage person is not only pedophilia but “statutory rape”. An underage boy is considered a child by the federal government and most state laws. It makes me sick to my stomach that there are lonely perverts like you out there trying to recapture what you missed out on during your repressed teenage years by preying on 16-year-old boys. I hope you all get what’s coming to you. Absolutely disgusting.
Aaron
The boy is underage so he’s viewed as a CHILD by Illinois state laws and the federal government. Stop defending pedophiles. Children need to be protected, not preyed on.
Sister Bertha Bedderthanyu
Well lord, what’s next? I failed to see all the hoopla considering how at twenty-four this “pastor” is a kid more or less himself. The sixteen year old led him on for a year but didn’t have sex with him is what I read. It seems someone got offended and ratted the guy out. He made have made the mistake of telling some queen from the same church about it and she got jealous. Lord, have mercy on him. See you girls in church.
Dick Gozinia
…or the boy told a girl who ratted him out. I’m not freaked out over 16 & 24. That would be legal in most of Europe. Our US laws are still Puritanical.
Kangol2
His church is anti-gay and preaches against gay people.
Did you miss that part or was it just too hard for you to understand?
On top of which the laws in Illinois are pretty clear. So he’s busted.
Sister Bertha Bedderthanyu
“His church is anti-gay and preaches against gay people.”
So whats your point?
Aaron
So it’s the boy’s fault for leading him on? He is a child. If an underage child is enticing you, you stop it right there. You are the adult and it’s your responsibility to follow the law. It’s so sick how some of you think it’s okay to prey on kids.
How the fuck do you blame the child and not this anti-gay authority figure? It’s insane to how some of you will empathize with this man because you know what’s it’s like to want sex.
I’m so disgusted by this whole comment thread.
gcmbeach
I see a lot of differing of opinions. The most striking was “why I moved on from Dudes”- well, that’s just great you can do that. I can’t. I have to put up with them. And knowing this is not Italy or the U.K. we all have to observe the law. “Youth Pastor?” who hooks up with teenager’s? Why not just call a spade a spade. He’s behaving like a pedophile. That will dictate what he can do, where he can live for the rest of his life. And to everyone who compared him to the “Call me by your name”. I must have skipped that email. This guy is handsome. How could a love-lorn teenager coming out of the closet NOT be attracted? That’s a huge responsibility on Arnie’s part. Clearly he’s not responsible enough. The one person who compared him to Arnie Hammer definitely needs a new prescription to see he’s not THAT movie-star gorgeous. Handsome? Absolutely. And dangerous? That’s a deadly combo. He looks more like Ted Bundy to me.
Sister Bertha Bedderthanyu
The article doesn’t mention this possibility but did the thought go thru your mind that maybe, just maybe mind you, the sixteen year old may have seen this guy as a friend and the sexting notwithstanding the guy more or less saw the kid the same way? The evil pastor just may have been the friend that kid needed. Its too hard to believe that many of us have not have or known of (at least) a May-early September romance/friendship that was fitting for both parties? This sounds more the case of emotions than perversion to me. I say that because lets face it, you are getting down and dirty no matter how you look at it when you have sex whether strait or gay. Its the animal side (believe it or not) that sounds acceptable if the word lust is used to describe it. For gay men that lust is deplorable in the eyes of the public but for straits its acceptable. And god help them if an age difference is involved. I would love to see what that kid looked like but as I said earlier I honestly dont see the problem here. The kid doesn’t sound like a tramp nor easy to influence and the pastor did not throw him across the bed or in the bushes and rape him nor squeeze his buns every time they saw each other which takes away the pervert angle. Child, lighten up. You’re sounding like a few of the old bitties in the Grandmother’s amen pew down here. Ted Bunny? Lord, have mercy on him for saying that.
okiloki
Damn. Was about to congratulate this church for showing some morals for once but of course they lied to cover their own @sses yet again.
curiobi
Right! That was my take away from this, they were like oh we reported him straight away, and the police were like, no you didn’t.
curiobi
As for all the warring in the comments about the use of the word pervert of paedophile, I think in this case it misses the point. It is abuse of power pure and simple. Anyone who grew up religious will know just how much influence a youth pastor would have on an impressionable teen.
Bottom line, he is supposed to shepard his flock. Having any sexual contact with any of them at any time for any reason is 100 percent inexcusable. That is all there is too it.
He deserves to be fired. And he deserves to face charges for abusing his position of trust and abusing his power.
Granny Spoth
It said they met at a ‘church event’. It is not said whether the kid was under his care and authority.
It is not said whether the youth pastor personally preached against homosexuality. He may simply be a nice guy born in the wrong community.
There are not enough details to know whether his attitude was predatory, simply romantic, or even helpful.
Aaron
It’s doesn’t matter what his intentions were. That boy is underage and what the pastor was attempting was statutory rape and an abuse of power. You’re fucking disgusting.
enlightenone
Actually, I thought the movie was a bit creepy given how old the “love interest” looked! But that’s just me.
enlightenone
Some of you are caught up in the “age of consent” angle rather than the twisted psyche of the pursuer! That said, what’s legal isn’t always psychologically or emotionally healthy, case in point this story.
PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS
He was a Pastor in a church that spewed hatred and bigotry against the very behavior he was engaged in ..
He is a noxious reprehensive smcubag
jonasalden
They forgot to tell us the part where he had made anti-gay comments, or perhaps voted for such measures. Otherwise he’s just another duped adherent to a system that doesn’t have his best interests at heart. Simply brainwashed. Did the church “spew bigotry and hatred”, as PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS said? Dunno. I’m not a Christian.
blackhook
Christianity is the biggest fraud in history.
pavel20
I’m failing to see why he’s being characterized as “anti-gay”. Being a pastor of a church doesn’t necessarily equate to his being homophobic or discriminatory to the lgbtq community. I don’t thing that one statement at the end, which doesn’t actually make commentary that is condemning of being gay, is enough to say he’s anti-gay.
Aaron
The lengths you will go to make excuses for attractive criminals is astounding. He has made anti-gay comments in the past and has supported anti-gay measures. Let it go. You’re Prince Charming has abused his power and tried to commit statutory rape.
J W G
I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a million times; Never knew a homophobe that wasn’t gay themselves. I rest my case.
Billysees
Abuse happens because of the ‘power and lure of young flesh’.
Everyone should be on guard about the possibility to stumble here and get in big trouble.
Age of consent and similar laws help protect everybody.
Matthewnow
Another man hiding behind the Bible to bonk children. Clutch the pearls. When I was a teenager, I would have loved a chance to get it on with a preacher. But I’m Catholic so I guess I’m already screwed.
batesmotel
It seems every anti-gay pastor eventually gets hit with this kind of thing. You’d think they’d learn. Although this pastor looks like he’s twenty. I thought it was the boy he was sexting with for almost a year undetected without anyone knowing. Wonder how the church suddenly found out. They’d have to have looked at either of their phones.
Rock-N-RollHS
Wish I had a pastor like that sexting me when I was 16.
Rex Huskey
self-loathing is a terrible master to serve
davidjh62
Could we agree that using the word pervert probably wasn’t the best choice of descriptor and step away from the age of consent issue as well, since it varies so much. To me, what’s important is that, according to the caption, the guy was an anti-gay youth minister, who was sexually addressing a guy. So, it appears that he is a closet case, who could have gone far in the Republican Party…
PinkoOfTheGange
Why step back? He perverted his power over his flock that was under the age of consent and against his church’s dogma.
Both concepts are apt descriptors of his acts.
Aaron
Pervert, pedophile, statutory rapists. All the same to me.
Sam6969
General rules and law do not always fit actual situations. We do not know if the relationship between the youth pastor and the sixteen-year old boy was harmful or not for the kid. So, I will try not to be judgmental. Only a psychiatrist can tell after investigation whether he is a pervert; a hypocrite caught in a dysfunctional community or simply a romantic naive.
However, he is allegedly guilty considering the law in this state. Plus, the United States are known to apply severely the law without much nuance. So that guy was in any case a bit disconnected from reality (immaturity not uncommon at his age) to think his romance could pass with his position.
Aaron
The boy is underage and is considered a child under Illinois state law. This anti-gay youth pastor exercised an abuse of power. Stop defending pedophiles. Guys like you make me sick.
Sam6969
Oh, please, Aaron. You’re just trolling and you know it.
ricdardc1
” HARVEST CHURCH ” (name says it all) …………..Straight Up , Stalkers for CHILDREN OF The CORN, …. I Mean CHILDREN OF The PORN “
TophBCN
Has Everyone forgotten what it was like being a horny teenager? Teenagers don’t care about the law or possibly ruining someone’s life. I lied allllll the time about my age online. And that was during the good ole dial up age. But that’s not really my point. Whether you agree with the aoc concent laws or not there is a clear hypocrisy when it come to gay relationships and straight ones as far as legal persecution. In my highschool in Alabama all the junior and senior girls had boyfriends in their early to mid 20s . No body batted an eye. Hell if one was a youth pastor that would have made the parents proud. Lastly I don’t know why I even visit this site anymore. They said he was anti gay without one example . I’m pretty sure every protostant church in America defines marriage the same way. Doesn’t mean they are Westboro Koo Koo. @queerty you guys are sloppy with your “articles”. (Yes I know much like this comment)
Sam6969
TophBCN: you are quite right about the double standards (gay/straight), though I think everyone (gay or straight) in this country has to deal with the excess of a puritan anglo-saxon culture too…
Michael007
TophBCN – I’m in agreement with most of what you said. As I am VERY elderly, I tend to think of things a whole lot differently than I did at age 20, 30, or 40. The age difference of 24 vs. 16 is NOTHING on the human scale of life. I remember when I was in m early 20’s, even 30’s, young horny guys 15 or 16 would thrust themselves upon me without any solicitation on my part. All I had to do was stand there or lay there and let them suck away. They knew what they were doing and they knew that was what they wanted. I never felt like I was inflicting any psychological damage upon them. I am perhaps too lenient, but I would let this guy go with a warning which I would hope would cause him to be more cautious in the future. All he or the 16 year old were probably looking for was 15 minutes of body pleasure. The poor pastor just wanted to suck the boy’s dick and make him feel good. A win-win for me.
dhmonarch89
not just ‘another antigay preacher’ but another predator of teen boys named Singer……
Gadfeal
Apart from the headline, there is no indication that this specific person was “anti gay”.