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RE: How far would you go if you were hurt by someone? - 10/22/2007 5:13:30 AM

Celeste43

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Preachers have a moral obligation to practice what they preach. They stand up and thunder against the sin of adultery, therefore they must not indulge in it themselves. They counsel unhappily married couples to remain in the marriage and theoretically help them become happier staying there. Therefore they are supposed to practice this themselves.

Personally I've never been big on "do as I say, not as I do". He had all the tools available to fix his own life. Instead he chose not to, he chose not to be honest as his congregation required of him.

Dog catchers don't have to be honest in their personal lives, it isn't part of their contracts. Religious leaders do. If they decide they can't, then they should give up leading a congregation and teach comparative religion or theology at a college instead. Because college professors also don't have the obligation to have all their personal ducks in a row.

Would I go to the effort of outing someone? No. Do I think that he got what he deserved? Yes. Simply because I sincerely doubt he ever got up on his pulpit and said that stepping outside your marriage can be the best solution and help to preserve the family. Instead he lambasted others for the same sins he was happily committing. Karma in action, this.

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RE: How far would you go if you were hurt by someone? - 10/22/2007 5:43:59 AM

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Instead he lambasted others for the same sins he was happily committing

That kind of thing happens all the time though. Remember the Mark Foley scandal? Not so long ago he was on record as saying homosexuality was an abomination, and look what happened to him. And recently there's been quite a few politicians and a deputy DA that have been arrested for posession of CP. "I think he doth protest too much" comes to mind.

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RE: How far would you go if you were hurt by someone? - 10/22/2007 6:32:36 AM

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I think it is great. The more hypocrites exposed the better the place the world becomes.

The lying husband factor would be enough justification in my opinion, but that's just me. The fact that he's a preacher and talks one game while playing another earned him the results he's generated.

Is this any different than a priest being "outed" for tapping alter-boys? The preacher wasn't "outed" he was caught. He was caught as a cheating husband. He was caught as yet another religious hypocrite. The person who exposed him and the broadcast company aren't responsible for his actions - he is. He obviously could have taken another job. He could have gotten divorced. Both of those would have been an inconvenience and cost him money so he chose to partake in these activities in a clandestine manner. Well, he should have considered this potential result as a possibility. The use of a web-cam may or may not have been a subliminal action to facilitate his getting caught. I didn't notice if he was visiting the "dungeon sites" as a dom or a sub, but perhaps his religious guilt was driving him to seek punishment. Guess what - he found it.

The woman isn't above reproach but then she wasn't preaching in the name of god.

Edited to answer the OP question:
Would I do it? No, not unless I was emotionally or religiously 'invested' in his religious community. So betrayed I definitely would. At minimum I would confront him personally with what I knew and presented him with the option to resign and move. I'd also send what I found to whichever religious organization he was representing. The marital issue is between him and his wife. If he wants to break vows or rationalize breaking vows, I won't participate, but his personal hypocrisy should remain an issue between him and his family. Organizational hypocrisy, especially one using my donation money to function, deserves and warrants exposure. Consider that payment for his internet access came from the parishioners - they deserve to know where their donation dollars are being spent.

In this case, the religion's authorities did nothing. The media exposure was the only recourse remaining. Is it right? Well imagine if the same action was taken when the first batch of corrupt priests were "outed". Maybe if the media was brought in and the situation was exposed those priests wouldn't have been transfered around by the church hierarchy. Maybe they'd be in prison where they belong. And maybe, just maybe, the catholic church wouldn't be the standard bearer for religious hypocrisy that it is today.

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