An Oklahoma minister who worked at an anti-LGBTQ church faces charges of “lewd and indecent acts” after allegedly molesting a 9-year-old boy at a city bus stop.
Police arrested Michael Coghill, 33, after an incident on September 20. The father of the boy–whose hame has not been released to protect his privacy–claimed his son told him Coghill had previously “touched him on the back and he didn’t like the way it made him feel.” On Sept. 20, the father waited in his car outside the bus stop to see if Coghill would return.
The father saw Coghill “run past the bus stop, stop, come back, and then touch the juvenile” according to Oklahoma City Police Sgt. Dillon Quirk.
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Residents in the neighborhood alerted police after seeing the father chase down Coghill and begin beating him to a bloody pulp. The minister suffered a skull fracture and a cracked orbital socket.
Police have asked for any other possible victims of Coghill’s advances to notify law enforcement. “If we have more victims, we encourage them if they know something, say something. Come forward,” Sgt. Quirk said.
Coghill also lost his job at Lakehoma Church in Mustang, Oklahoma following his arrest. Prior to his employment at Lakehoma, Coghill worked at Choctaw Church of Christ, a noted anti-LGBTQ church as a youth minister. While serving there, he worked under Mike Mazzalongo, a homophobe and author of Gay Rights Or Wrongs: A Christian’s Guide to Homosexual Issues and Ministry. In his book, Mazzalongo argued that the legalization of consensual gay sex would lead to legalized child molestation, and that a secret cabal of LGBTQ people is secretly running the world. In his sermons, Mazzalongo had equated pedophilia to homosexuality. Mazzalongo also has a history of racist teachings as well, and had previously blamed abortion on African-Americans.
Kangol2
When I first saw this story reported a week or so ago I figured that this pedophilic creep was linked to an anti-gay, racist ministry and sure enough, it turns out he worked for hatemonger Mike Mazzalongo, who seems to be a Q-rackpot on top of the usual racism and homophobia. I don’t believe in vigilante justice but this little boy’s father was in his rights to protect his child, and everyone should be keeping an eye on many of these anti-LGBTQ Q-ristianists, particularly the ones screaming the loudest, as well as their minions and adherents. They’re the ones who’re either dreaming of or acting on their Q-razy fantasies.
GrizzleyMichael
They blame the gay community but they get away with raping boys and girls. God’s love that plan NOT
Mack
Even if he gets away this time, the father did some justice.
Chrisk
Again for the millionth time. The more anti gay they are the more likely they’re either gay themselves or pedophiles. Something in their brains makes them think attacking gay people provides them some kind of cover or something.
That and they run to religion like flies to shit. It’s why the cat lick church has such a big problem with pedo priests.
EZinHTown
No, I don’t think they think it provides them cover. They can’t accept it themselves so attacking LGBT people they are attacking it in themselves. They are projecting. They rail against what they hate in themselves.
Thad
Bus service in OKC is pretty terrible. This may have had nothing to do with pedophilia.
Suffice it to say I don’t think OKC is world-class.
Vince
If you’re going to be a smart ass make it something witty. That’s just dumb.
Fahd
Pedophiles seek out jobs and other positions in society that give them access to their prey. Has ever been so, and… Still this set of associations and circumstances seems to me particularly twisted. Touching boys at bus stops shows a compulsion pretty much out of control. Thank goodness the abuse was fleeting here, but If there are other victims I hope they are able to come forward. No doubt the molester was himself molested and deserves as much compassion as we can muster.
blackhook
lol, this molesting *Christian* ‘preacher’ deserves ZERO compassion!
GayEGO
I read where the University of Maryland ran a test and hypnotized Homophobics and found they were more attracted to guys than gays were. They hate themselves and My husband and I knew a homophobic who said that gays were worse than murderers. He had a partner and after he broke up he set his house on fire and burned himself up in it.
J W G
I’ll say it once and I’ll say it again; Haven’t met a homophobe yet that wasn’t gay themselves.
Elizavetaoe
Bus service in OKC is pretty terrible
Heywood Jablowme
Do you mean wait times for buses are so long that you need to “entertain” yourself by molesting the other passengers? Can’t you just do crosswords or read Malcolm Gladwell or something?
blackhook
Reason #10,007 that Christianity is the biggest fraud in history…
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quantum
Fun, the Choctaw church held a prayer vigil for him.
Cam
Let me guess, he was molested by the pastors or members of the anti-LGBTQ church he grew up in and is passing on that behavior.
These churches are cesspools.
JJinAus
This is why I have a problem with the word homophobia. They’re not scared. They’re just the lowest of the low. They just want to get their homo on in secret or with vulnerable victims.
Jim
Okay, I missed something, “Touched him on the back”