Tag: sexual abuse

An antigay megachurch in Texas was just slapped with a $1 million lawsuit after it failed to take adequate responsibility when one of its youth pastors allegedly molested an 11-year-old girl. Matthew Tonne is the former children’s minister from Village Church, a Southern Baptist megachurch in Flower Mount, Texas, where he regularly preached about the evils of homosexuality to young children. MSN reports: “No one has ever apologized to her, ‘Hey we are so sorry we failed to protect you.’,” Christi Bragg,...

An antigay priest from Detroit accused of molesting a teenage boy in the 1970s and supplying alcohol to at least two minors has produced a letter signed by over 50 former altar boys saying he’s not a predator because he never acted inappropriately towards any of them. Last month, the Associated Press ran a story about a former altar boy who alleged Rev. Eduard Perrone had molested him at a lake house in the late 1970s. The alleged molestation happened...

A Presbyterian minister in Linden, New Jersey, is accused of performing oral sex to extract “evil spirits” from men in emotional crises, according to My Central Jersey. Rev. Dr. William Weaver of Linden Presbyterian Church, 69, has been charged with “multiple acts of idolatry and sexual misconduct” by the church and was supposed to face three accusers in an internal church trial in January, but he recused the jurisdiction of the Elizabeth Presbytery one day before the start of the...

Australia’s Cardinal George Pell, a vocal opponent of same-sex marriage becoming legal in the country, abused two 13-year-old choirboys Australia’s former Cardinal, George Pell, 77, faces jail time for sexually abusing two 13-year-old choirboys. Up until his arrest and trial, he was the Roman Catholic Church’s most senior figure within Australia. He also had a leading role as the Vatican’s treasurer. The church suspended him as cardinal in June 2017 and removed him from office in December 2018. His term as treasurer...

Doctor found guilty of trying to 'cure' patients of their homosexuality A psychiatrist has been found guilty of trying to ‘cure’ his gay clients with gay sex. Dr Melbyn Iscove is a renowned spokesperson in Toronto for the condemned practice of conversion therapy. The 72-year-old was found to have sexually abused two of his male patients, promising to ‘cure’ them of their homosexuality. Psychiatrist tried to ‘cure’ his gay clients with gay sex He had oral and anal sex and mutual masturbation with some...

Actor Tommy Dorfman recently took to Twitter to speak of sexual abuse that he says took place when he was a teenager. The 13 Reasons Why star spoke of an incident that he says occurred when he was 14-years-old, while commending actor Anthony Rapp for his courage. As you've likely heard, Rapp recently told BuzzFeed that Kevin Spacey allegedly made a "sexual advance” toward him at a party, when Rapp himself was 14-years-old. https://twitter.com/tommydorfman/status/925091508482490368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Finstinctmagazine.com%2Fpost%2Ftommy-dorfman-says-he-was-sexually-assaulted-and-abused-when-he-was-14 Dorfman also retweeted other Twitter users who commented on...