The alleged abuse occurred from 2006 to 2010 at the pastor’s home and at an Assemblies of God church in Baltimore County, Maryland, authorities said.
Thomas Pinkerton Jr. used to tell children in his youth group in Maryland that it was normal for a pastor to kiss boys on the lips, because that’s how Jesus greeted his disciples, according to an arrest warrant made public last week.
Kissing was just the beginning, several men from Pinkerton’s former youth group told police.
Pinkerton, 52, a youth minister known as Pastor Tommy, is being held without bond following accusations that he sexually abused six teens from 2006 to 2010 while working at Central Christian Church, an Assemblies of God church in Baltimore County. He was extradited from his home state of Georgia to Maryland last Wednesday to face 24 felony and misdemeanor counts in Baltimore County. His attorney, Justin Hollimon, said he pleaded not guilty.
That is the implication I was going for. They are heavily into the idea of “owning” their kids. Those religious “promise keeper” oath things where fathers make their daughters wear special rings and control their sex lives is widespread in many parts of the country and I do not believe for a MOMENT that it’s not rooted in some strange sexual fantasy… it’s not a coincidence that every new insult, swear word and condemned trend by conservatives lines up exactly with that very thing becoming crazy popular on Pornhub.
Conservatism broadly is rooted in sexual insecurity above all other things, they love the feeling of creating and breaking taboos. They’re just too ashamed to just have casual sex and roleplay with other consenting adults so they end up making it EVERYONE’S problem.
Even if they’re not actively molesting their kids, they are still participating in a deeply mentally abusive and invasive practice that instills lifelong shame, insecurity and wrecked self-esteem being passed down, starting the same cycles all over again.