Sturg1647545502 Posted March 6, 2012 Report Share Posted March 6, 2012 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/21/darrell-gilyard-can-preach-at-church-children-barred-from-sermons_n_1291639.html A convicted sex offender can keep on preaching, but children are barred from attending his sermons. The Florida Times Union reports that lawyers for Darrell Gilyard withdrew a motion to allow minors at sermons conducted by the former Jacksonville, Fla., megachurch pastor. Though children are not allowed, attendance at the Christ Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church has spiked since Gilyard began preaching in January, less than two months after he was released from prison, according to the Times Union. “He was down on the ground, and the church was down on the ground, and we both needed to get up,” Deacon Paul S. Newman Sr. told the paper. Gilyard pleaded guilty in 2009 to molesting a teenage girl from his former Jacksonville church and sending lewd messages to another, according to a previous Times Union article. Since Gilyard joined the church, protesters have greeted him when he comes to work. "A minister who has done such evil should not be restored to the pulpit until his repentance is as notorious as his sin," George Harvey, pastor at Mt. Charity Baptist Church told News 4 JAX. Under the terms of his probation, News 4 JAX explains, Gilyard is not allowed to have "unsupervised contact with children under 18 years old." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Brian Posted March 6, 2012 Report Share Posted March 6, 2012 (edited) http://www.threadbombing.com/data/media/2/bugs-florida.gif Edited March 6, 2012 by Not Brian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otis Nice Posted March 6, 2012 Report Share Posted March 6, 2012 ^ :lolguy: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exodus Posted March 6, 2012 Report Share Posted March 6, 2012 its so sad that people in the faith have acted that way. Thankfully I know I can't blame every pastor for the others mistake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mensan Posted March 6, 2012 Report Share Posted March 6, 2012 I needed more info for an opinion, but he was 47 and she was 15. This apparently happened with lots of women too. No good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorne Posted March 6, 2012 Report Share Posted March 6, 2012 Making children go to church is CHILD ABUSE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miller Posted March 7, 2012 Report Share Posted March 7, 2012 Oh here we go with Thorne's secular/leftist bullshit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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