Independence MO pastor charged with sexually abusing children

essentialsaltes said:

According to the probable cause statement, Virgil told police he “asked for forgiveness from God, and he is no longer the man who had previously done things to the victims.”

At one point, the alleged victim told another person who lived in the home with Marsh. That triggered a meeting between the victim, her parents, and Marsh. The alleged victim told Independence police that Marsh apologized and cried during the meeting, but that the inappropriate contact involving Marsh continued.

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• A 1989 study of about 200 male college undergrads found 5 percent admitted to masturbating to pictures of children, and 7 percent said they’d have sex with a child if they could get away with it.
• A 1991 study found 3 percent of some 600 college men reported having had a sexual experience with a child when they were 16 years or older.
• Let you think this is strictly a male kink, a 1997 survey of more than 500 college women found 4 percent had at some point had sexual experiences with a child at least five years younger. Just one problem: these women were on average only 12 at the time, meaning we’ve strayed pretty far from pedophilia as usually understood.

How common is pedophilia?

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RileyG said:

It happens everywhere, sadly.

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The Barbarian said:

a character disorder that has, so far, been resistant to treatment.

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essentialsaltes said:

Prosecutors charged Virgil L. Marsh with one count of first-degree statutory sodomy and two counts of first-degree child molestation involving two girls under the age of 14 who attended his church between 2011 and 2018.

According to the probable cause statement, Virgil told police he “asked for forgiveness from God, and he is no longer the man who had previously done things to the victims.”

At one point, the alleged victim told another person who lived in the home with Marsh. That triggered a meeting between the victim, her parents, and Marsh. The alleged victim told Independence police that Marsh apologized and cried during the meeting, but that the inappropriate contact involving Marsh continued.

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ToddNotTodd said:

I haven’t had a chance to read the article. Did it mention the name of the library that he read to kids at while in drag?

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The Barbarian said:

It seems that kids are safer around drag queens than they are around the people who hate drag queens.

Luke 5:30 But the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying to his disciples: Why do you eat and drink with publicans and sinners?

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ToddNotTodd said:

I frequent the r/PastorArrested subreddit. If I posted here everything that I see there, it would be full time job.

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