SC preacher accused of raping women behind church

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Source: Yahoo


APBy BRUCE SMITH - Associated Press | AP – 1 hr 13 mins ago

LADSON, S.C. (AP) — Dale Richardson was saved at a tent revival 32 years ago, was called to preach the Lord's word in 2006 and, for the past year, had served as pastor at Freedom Free Will Baptist Church, a modest red brick structure on a South Carolina side road running along a railroad track.

Now he's in jail, charged with kidnapping and raping three women at gunpoint — two of them in a trailer behind the church — and kidnapping a fourth who was not sexually assaulted.

According to an incident report, about noon on a Saturday last month, Richardson picked up a woman and gave her a ride. When the 20-year-old tried to get out of the car, Richardson allegedly pulled a gun, bound her hands, covered her head and took her to the gray-blue trailer home behind the church.

The report said he later dropped the woman in a wooded area, threatening to shoot her if she turned around. Police said the woman was able to identify Richardson from his picture on the church website, which also displays a short biography detailing how he became a Christian and then a pastor.

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Speaks for itself

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Power corrupts...

And that goes for anyone in a position of power.

[awoke_in_2003]

11. very true...

and believe it or not, preachers can get lots of consensual sex because they are in positions of power when people in crisis come to them for help. Ever hear the saying "harder than a preacher's dick"?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

16. I never heard that saying!

Wow, that really says it all!

Thanks for the info...

[awoke_in_2003]

18. I think it is a southern thing...

never heard it until I moved down here- and my grandfather was a Methodist minister in Ohio. But yeah, power plays into it when dealing with people in distress, as ministers often do. I am not broad brushing, though. Most are good folks. There were many a time when my grandfather (whom I lived with after my mother died) rolled out of bed at 2AM to stand with people who either just lost a loved one or were in the hospital. I may not believe in god, but many of these people do the right thing when it is needed IMO

[raccoon]

22. Never heard it, but that's a good one. nt

[Proletariatprincess]

2. He will probably get a light sentance....

to expect justice for a so called "man of god" in the bible belt is not something I would take for granted. He could even be aquited...especially if he is a white guy.

[Kurmudgeon]

4. He broke his vows as well as the law. He should get a harsher sentence if anything.

[awoke_in_2003]

12. the same law for every one...

saying he should get a harsher sentence because he broke some vows is about the same thing as saying a criminal should get a harsher sentence because they are atheist. We should not put conditions on the law.

[Adsos Letter]

20. self-delete

[Kurmudgeon]

21. Agreed, it was my disgust at how he used his position talking.

[awoke_in_2003]

25. I understand...

rape and child molestation cases make my blood boil.

[UpInArms]

3. he graduated from Liberty University - founded by evangelical preacher Jerry Falwell

The church website says Richardson became pastor of the church on June 9, 2010. It says he graduated from Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va. — the college founded by evangelical preacher Jerry Falwell — and has a wife and two grown daughters.

[jwirr]

7. Falwell's graduates have no problem raping the whole country it

should not be surprising that this rw Tbagging republican asshole thinks it is his right to rape these women. I hope they throw the book at him but I agree with another poster he will no doubt get a light sentence because he is a so called man of god!

[davidwparker]

5. No excuse. But, I wonder if this was a porn addiction that

ended with the violent act of raping.

[Ian David]

10. Because porn leads to rape? n/t

[awoke_in_2003]

13. yeah, what is up with that?...

I won't go into porn details, but I have never raped anyone yet.

[Ian David]

15. If anything, porn keeps you at home, in front of your computer, where you won't rape anyone. n/t

[RandomKoolzip]

23. MASSIVE Facepalm.

Sure, it's a hairy palm, but a big facepalm nonetheless.

[snooper2]

24. you have an addiction you are worred about? I think you'll be okay

you can return to the video now :)

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[struggle4progress]

8. Innocent until proven guilty. I probably don't much like his theological views, but

probably quite a few South Carolinians share his theology -- and that didn't immunize him against arrest on these charges in a very conservative state (despite the ancient quip that South Carolina is "too small to be a republic and too large to be a lunatic asylum") so perhaps his professed religious views have little to do with the matter

Within living memory, some of our Southern states, South Carolina included, sometimes had a reputation for rushing to judgment in various cases, without much attention to legal niceties. Perhaps no one today expects an extra-judicial murder of Richardson, but such events were common, not all that long ago, and social climates can flip back and forth more than once in a few short generations, so I think I'll just say once again -- innocent until proven guilty

[Ian David]

9. Researching...

Moron can't spell "Sermon"
http://www.freedomfreewillbaptistchurch.com/index.php?p=1_15_SERMIN-ARCHIVE

[awoke_in_2003]

14. It isn't like it takes any intellectual power...

to be a follower.

[rocktivity]

17. How considerate of him to do it BEHIND the church

Raping them INSIDE the church would have been a disgrace to his profession.

:eyes:
rocktivity

[southerncrone]

19. C

:puke: