Well, well, well. It seems a private Christian school's principal has been charged with child rape. I guess his church has not learned from the Catholic's how to cover this type of thing up. But, they do plan on standing by him...
"The board and staff of Highland Christian School stand behind our principal Mark Brown. Mr. Brown is now on administrative leave while this investigation continues. We will continue to support him and his wife and his son through this ordeal he is going through. We continue to plan for the upcoming school year."
Hmmm...why no mention of standing by the poor girl he raped? And what the hell....the "ordeal he is going through??? Did she have it coming? You know how those 14 year olds can be...she probably seduced him. Yeah...that's it...go with that story.
You know this is why I teach my kids that they do not have to obey someone just because they're an adult. My kids know that if they have questions about something they are asked to do or if they feel it is wrong...it is OK to ask why? or say they don't feel comfortable with that. There should always be a good reason. If an adult cannot provide a good reason or if something doesn't feel right, my kids are taught to come and get me.
Growing up, I was taught to obey all adults. It was also an unspoken truth that all people at church are good people. Well, unfortunately that just isn't the case and too many kids have been taken advantage of. I hope justice is served in this case and that this girl can overcome the abuse.
*****UPDATE*****
Here's some more information about this case. This whole thing is disturbing. The man had previous allegations against him...not to mention that he is not a state certified teacher....and he was still hired as principal of this school?! And now, he's out of jail because he posted bond.
Thursday, July 24, 2008
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4% of catholic priests have raped at least one child, 4.2-4.5% of protestant ministers have. The catholics get dissed more about it because they protect the pedophiles, while protestant ministers aren't covered in such a way.
I'm curious where you found those statistics. It seems that this would be a difficult area to find statistics because of the number of cases that go unreported.
Catholics definitely have a history of cover-up. But, most of the stories I read about Protestant ministers say that they are being "supported" by their congregations. They don't go to the same extent to cover these things up, but it seems that they still want to deny it. The whole thing disgusts me.
Here's a link to an article about a study FFRF did: Unique Study Reveals Epidemic. It is outdated, but it's interesting.
The school did decide to fire this guy. Here's the link.
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