“She’s just as guilty as he is,” Pastor defends hiring sex offender convicted of rape, sodomy

[Major Nikon]

MADISONVILLE, Ky. – A Kentucky pastor is defending his decision to allow a convicted sex offender to work at his church.

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Thomas Hopper was convicted of rape and sodomy of a 13-year-old girl in the early 1990s.

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“So what you’re saying is, is the church is no good for forgiveness? Jesus Christ can’t save you?” he said. “So if you steal a piece of candy from a store because you were young and stupid. And make stupid mistakes. You’re still a thief even though now you’re 40-years-old?”

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When asked about Hopper’s rape and sodomy conviction, he says the victim is partly to blame.

http://kfor.com/2016/04/16/shes-just-as-guilty-as-he-is-pastor-defends-hiring-sex-offender-convicted-or-rape-sodomy/

[Chasstev365]

1. There Are No Words. So sorry for the girl. Jesus might forgive, but I couldn't

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[Kelvin Mace]

2. Well, there are words,

but we tend to risk banning for using them.

[shenmue]

3. The fuck is this shit?

[SwankyXomb]

4. It gets worse

Hopper says he is part of the church’s outreach program and makes sure members have a ride to get to the church.

I believe that's called a target-rich environment.

[Major Nikon]

5. Someone has to bring the flock in for the fleecing

[pansypoo53219]

6. biblical patriarcal bullshit. its a mens club. no gyrlz alwowd.

[uriel1972]

7. It is one thing to forgive an offender...

Quite another to say the victim was partly to blame

[Major Nikon]

9. Remember that Eve tempted Adam

Some that subscribe to Abrahamic religions view the original sin to mean that women are used as instruments of the devil designed to lure men away from salvation. This warped idea is then used to rationalize all sorts of misogyny such as blaming victims for their own rapes.

[Lordquinton]

8. I wish this didn't sound familiar.

A 13 year old rape victim NEVER shares responsibility.

[Major Nikon]

10. Someone should probably remind the current Democratic Party front runner of that

“I have been informed that the complainant is emotionally unstable with a tendency to seek out older men and engage in fantasizing,” Clinton, then named Hillary D. Rodham, wrote in the affidavit. “I have also been informed that she has in the past made false accusations about persons, claiming they had attacked her body. Also that she exhibits an unusual stubbornness and temper when she does not get her way.”

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/06/20/exclusive-hillary-clinton-took-me-through-hell-rape-victim-says.html

[Lordquinton]

11. I wasn't even thinking of that...

Amazing how lawyers can justify things, and as long as the courts find it so, then it's how it happened.

[Major Nikon]

12. It's only the 99% of them that give the rest a bad name

[Lordquinton]

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