no surprise really. Those who feel compelled to say nasty things about victims are usually hiding some pretty nasty skeletons....
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A conservative Florida pastor who said that the victims of the Orlando massacre got “what they deserve” is being charged with child molestation.
Bishop Kenneth Adkins was arrested by Georgia authorities on Friday after allegations that he molested a boy under the age of 16.
The 56-year-old clergyman, who runs churches in Jacksonville, Atlanta and Brunswick, Ga., gained notoriety in the immediate aftermath of Omar Mateen’s shooting at Pulse nightclub in June.
He posted on Twitter that he had “been through so much with these Jacksonville homosexuals that I don’t see none of them as victims. I see them as getting what they deserve.”
Outrage after the comment led him to later tell The Florida Times-Union that his remarks were directed at those in northern Florida rather than the victims.
The pastor has long been an opponent of the LGBT community, and was a vocal opponent of a bill extending anti-discrimination protection to gays and lesbians in Jacksonville.
Adkins has previously said that he believes homosexuality is “vulgar” and “pornographic.”
Disgust has now turned towards the pastor and his alleged molestation of a child, which his lawyer says stemmed from encounters in 2010.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation’s Stacy Clarke said that agents investigated suspected molestation of the child at the victim’s home, in a car and at Adkins’s church.
Investigators did not identify a gender for the victim, though Adkins's wife expressed concern for the "young man" that made the allegations.
Pastor who caused outrage after Orlando arrested for molestation - NY Daily News
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A conservative Florida pastor who said that the victims of the Orlando massacre got “what they deserve” is being charged with child molestation.
Bishop Kenneth Adkins was arrested by Georgia authorities on Friday after allegations that he molested a boy under the age of 16.
The 56-year-old clergyman, who runs churches in Jacksonville, Atlanta and Brunswick, Ga., gained notoriety in the immediate aftermath of Omar Mateen’s shooting at Pulse nightclub in June.
He posted on Twitter that he had “been through so much with these Jacksonville homosexuals that I don’t see none of them as victims. I see them as getting what they deserve.”
Outrage after the comment led him to later tell The Florida Times-Union that his remarks were directed at those in northern Florida rather than the victims.
The pastor has long been an opponent of the LGBT community, and was a vocal opponent of a bill extending anti-discrimination protection to gays and lesbians in Jacksonville.
Adkins has previously said that he believes homosexuality is “vulgar” and “pornographic.”
Disgust has now turned towards the pastor and his alleged molestation of a child, which his lawyer says stemmed from encounters in 2010.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation’s Stacy Clarke said that agents investigated suspected molestation of the child at the victim’s home, in a car and at Adkins’s church.
Investigators did not identify a gender for the victim, though Adkins's wife expressed concern for the "young man" that made the allegations.
Pastor who caused outrage after Orlando arrested for molestation - NY Daily News