Another day, one other youth pastor grooming a younger lady in his care. Are Christian conservatives going to defend this one, too<\/a>? Ugh, don\u2019t reply that\u2026<\/p>\n Alexander Blackwelder<\/strong> was arrested this week after allegedly having intercourse with a 16-year-old lady. The 26-year-old, in addition to typically sharing his sermons on\u00a0YouTube<\/strong>, is the youth pastor in residence on the East Main Street Church of Christ in Tupelo, Mississippi. Tupelo Police<\/strong> detective Hal Veal<\/strong> instructed reporters police received a tip again on February 15 concerning the church\u2019s youth pastor having an inappropriate relationship with an underage parishioner.<\/p>\n Police first questioned the lady, together with her dad and mom current on the interview. The teen denied any type of improper relationship \u2014 however admitted to having one-on-one conversations on the telephone and thru Snapchat<\/strong>. That alone was sufficient to clue in detectives \u2014 and her dad and mom agreed, signing a consent type permitting cops to look the lady\u2019s telephone. There they discovered sexually express photographs and movies, in addition to information of conversations with Blackwelder which led them to imagine the 2 had executed greater than trade pics.<\/p>\n Related: Body Of Missing 14-Year-Old Found Tied Underwater Near Where She Met Ex-Boyfriend<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n In his first interview with police, again on February 17, Blackwelder denied there was something inappropriate between himself and the lady. But on Wednesday he was introduced into the station \u2014 after police already had the telephone proof. He cracked this time. Detective Veal mentioned:<\/p>\n \u201cHe admitted that they had sexual intercourse on two occasions and exchanged inappropriate video and pictures.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n That was all they wanted. Blackwelder was booked on one rely of\u00a0enticement of a kid to supply visible depictions of grownup sexual conduct<\/em> and two counts of sexual battery<\/em>.<\/p>\n Prosecutors requested that Blackwelder be held with out bond, and in courtroom on Thursday Tupelo Municipal Court Judge Willie Allen<\/strong> agreed, saying:<\/p>\n \u201cI think the charges are serious enough that we need to keep you.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n The query of bond will come up once more in his subsequent listening to. If discovered responsible of all crimes, the youth pastor might theoretically withstand 100 years in jail, 40 for the enticement, 30 every for the battery. However, it\u2019s unlikely he\u2019d be given consecutive sentences on all the fees. Still, that exhibits simply how critical authorities are taking this.<\/p>\n Because, regardless of what some Christian conservatives have argued the previous couple days, when a grown man has intercourse with a 16-year-old lady, it\u2019s not main her into the trail God supposed, it\u2019s against the law. For those that didn\u2019t see, the story of the German youth pastor who proudly posted about having dated his spouse since he was 19 and he or she was 14<\/a> went viral once more this week. There had been, shockingly, some people defending him \u2014 whereas in the identical breath decrying the LGBT neighborhood as \u201cgroomers\u201d for the crime of telling younger individuals it was OK in the event that they had been homosexual. And but, within the face of precise, textbook grooming they mentioned it was fantastic as a result of it was heterosexual.<\/p>\n We couldn\u2019t assist however discover there have been not less than\u00a0three<\/em> situations of youth pastors simply this week getting in bother with the legislation for sexual misconduct with minors. Kind of looks as if the fashion that\u2019s being displayed at drag exhibits must be pointed inward to us. Or as y\u2019all devoted may comprehend it, Matthew 7:5:<\/p>\n\n
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