Here we go again… again. Yet another antigay pastor has been busted for soliciting a minor for gay hanky panky.
67-year-old Timothy Lee Reddin is the pastor at Turner Street Baptist Church in Fayetteville, Arkansas, where he regularly preaches about the evils of homosexuality. He was busted on August 3 after engaging in sexy talk on a website with someone he believed was a 14-year-old boy.
Turns out, that little boy was actually an undercover cop.
Reddin arranged to meet the child for sex. When he arrived at the meeting spot, he was met by officers.
Police also say they made contact with Reddin a few days earlier on another website, on July 27.
KARK-4 reports:
“Lee” described himself in his profile as a 62-year-old white male, 6’1″, 215 pounds and married. The profile description said, “I just wanna have fun…I like younger guys. But hell, at my age that’s just about everybody! Discreet, intelligent, witty, professional guy. Love to meet new friends. Especially naked ones,” according to the affidavit.
Reddin, who’s been married for nearly 50 years and has four grown children and seven grandchildren, was booked in his local jail where he was charged with attempted coercion and enticement of a minor.
But here’s the thing. It’s the second time he’s gotten himself wrapped up in this sort of thing.
In 2000, Reddin was convicted for possession of child pornography. He spent 27 months in prison and had to register as a sex offender after being released.
In to his online bio, Redding writes: “My identity and status is rooted in being a sinner saved by God’s grace and a son in His forever family. Nothing else matters compared to that!”
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Kangol
So he’s a Christianist pedophile who rants against consenting LGBTQ adults, has been busted twice now, the first time for child pornography, this time for soliciting a minor, and yet people go to his church to hear what he has to say on anything other than “I need psychological help.” Got it. Timothy Lee Reddin is another example of how psychological distress and repression, including homophobic self-loathing, can warp people so badly they can’t grasp the cognitive dissonance raging inside their heads, and lash and act out in very dangerous ways. Note the parallels with Catholic and other evangelical Christian clergy. Let’s hope that he gets locked away for a bit this time on the solicitation charge, so that he won’t be anywhere near kids or gullible parishioners, at least, anytime soon.
bowlingbutch
Amen! couldn’t have said it better
fur_hunter
Excellent comment. I just love it when it happens to a Baptist. That ‘cult’ just irks the $H!T out of me for being the most hateful and discriminating of ALL Christian religions. Just listen to Robert Jeffress and Tony Perkins. I think I would give a years salary for them to get caught in some outrageous scandal and perversion and put in prison for decades.
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justacommenter
Guys there is zero evidence here Tim was anti gay. It’s only in the horrible and libelous title of this article. Fact is Tim was criticized in the 80’s-90s by Baptists for not taking a hard anti-gay stance. While other baptists were boycotting Disney for supporting gay rights, Tim wore a Mickey watch in support of Disney.
I’m ashamed and frankly pissed off that he would do something so stupid like this after everyone forgave him for child pornography in the past. There’s no defense for what he did. He deserves to go to prison. But he does NOT deserve this hate from you guys. He was NOT anti-gay or a homophobe or anything. And if you’re gonna say he was then I would love to see your proof.
Vince
No you hypocritical POS> You like sex with children which makes you a pedophile. Not a gay man. This is so common that I look at every single religious homophobe and just know they got some skeletons in their closet. You’re only seeing the effects of it.
fur_hunter
Vince……You are SO correct. It’s just like Paul who wrote Romans and the guy who wrote Leviticus. Both were latent and closeted homosexuals who hated themselves. That’s why they wrote the $H!T they did. It’s the old line from Shakespeare’s Hamlet. “The lady doth protest too much, methinks.”
Vince
Lastly. I would’ve said late 70s. Guess all that living in the closet and hate really does effect your looks.
DCguy
“” Pastor who hates gay people busted for soliciting gay minor for gay sex…””
Isn’t that one of the definitions of “Republican”?
brianlange
From my experiences he is a conservative Republican. He should run for Congress. He got the order reversed!
Kieran
A closeted homophobe? Shocking.
rray63
You know I’m sure there are plenty of hypocrites in our party (Dem’s) but the sheer amount of big name hypocrites in the Republican party is astounding. I’ve also noticed them in the YouTube and other social media outlets. There are some really bad ones in the YouTube community and some of them have over 70K subscribers. While this may not seem like a lot when you add up the lies, or even the tacit acceptance of homophobic jerks, etc. it is almost unbearable.
TheBigOne
So, the power of christ doesn’t compel the demons out?
Nice to know.
tennisteacher2
Come on guys….That HOMO DEVIL made him do it…
Kenover
I think he’s turned the other cheek one too many times.
feeltheheaven
My problem is with people who attack lgbts for having a deviant lifestyle while they pretend THEY are pious, and it turns out they are cheating on their spouses, beating spouses or raping kids.
This guy is saying what you see is what you get. I have no problem with him as a candidate.
HMFan
Nice sign: “Turner Street BAPTIST CHURCH — There’s a Place for You…” in the pastor’s office, with the curtains drawn, on your knees… Time for the Church to get with it and excommunicate this guy.
Bob
Or at least make him a saint or something…
Kate Mullet
Know Queerty, you are never one to miss a golden (shower) opportunity. I can’t believe you left off this bit on “kneeology” from his online church profile!
“When people ask where I received my theological education, I usually reply, ‘At home when I was a boy growing up,’” his church profile says. “While other kids were learning nursery rhymes and fairy tales, my parents were teaching me the great stories of the Bible. My theology is actually ‘kneeology’–truths about God that were learned at my mother’s knee.”
On his knees before his ‘mother’, eh?
justacommenter
Guys get your facts straight. Tim has NEVER been anti-gay. In fact when the Baptists were boycotting Disney Because of their support for Gay rights in the 80s-90s, Tim was wearing a Mickey watch in support. Now there is no excuse and no defense for what Tim did here. It is shameful and I am pissed off that he would do this after everyone gave him a second chance. But labeling him as “anti-gay” is pure fiction. Actually this is libel. It’s bad enough as it is. Stop printing lies to make it worse.