Church youth leader charged with molesting girl

[Tock]

Church youth leader charged with molesting girl, 13http://www.heraldnet.com/stories/07/...station001.cfm

Herald staff

A youth group coordinator for a Mill Creek church was charged Tuesday with having repeated sexual contact with a 13-year-old girl on church grounds.

A judge Tuesday signed a $100,000 arrest warrant for Joshua Tanner Beals, 22. He's charged with two counts of second-degree child molestation in Snohomish County Superior Court.

Deputy prosecutor Mark Roe said in court papers that he sought the arrest warrant because "it appears that a number of adults connected with either the church or the defendant do indeed blame" the girl for the sexual activity.

He also said church authorities have been "evasive" with Snohomish County sheriff's detectives.

Roe declined to identify the church.

The girl told authorities the two had sexual intercourse at least three times, all at Beals' residence on the church property.

"They even memorialized some of the sexual contact by taking pictures" of the couple kissing, Roe said. He wrote that Beals told the girl not to disclose the photos to anyone "because he could get in trouble."

The girl told investigators that she told the pastor what was happening and the pastor said it would be a "horrible mess" if she told anyone else, charging papers said.

The pastor also said that the girl could keep the illicit contact quiet and Beals could move away quietly, documents said.

At one point, the defendant's mother heard about the situation and asked the girl to destroy the photos, Roe wrote.

The case remains under investigation, Roe said.

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Deputy prosecutor Mark Roe said in court papers that he sought the arrest warrant because "it appears that a number of adults connected with either the church or the defendant do indeed blame" the girl for the sexual activity.

that shit makes me mad

[Ufa]

It ain't safe to send your kids to church. Hang the bastard.

[SVTMuscle*]

Yeah I'm sure a 13 year old girl will seduce a 22 year old. What a douchebag, I just don't see how you can physically find a 13 year old anywhere near attractive.

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Yeah I'm sure a 13 year old girl will seduce a 22 year old. What a douchebag, I just don't see how you can physically find a 13 year old anywhere near attractive.

At the risk of being branded a pedophile, I've seen attractive 13 year olds. Actually doing the deed is different than admiting they can be physically attractive though, and to blame the girl in this is absolutely ridiculous

[SVTMuscle*]

Haha a girl I go to school with use to babysit JoJo

[DTBusta]

Atleast he wasn't 50 and head of missing and child exploitation protection and trying to get with same sex congressional pages.

[Fordfan01]

I dont know but my sister is 13 and if that shit ever happened the police would have a real hard time finding that guys body!

[LAW]

It ain't safe to send your kids to church. Hang the bastard.

Pastors, priests,are all commen men or women who profess to have a closer walk with god and knowledge far greater the the commoner. When they fall from grace it surprises us.

[DTBusta]

They pretend they walk with God. They are currupt and disgusting people.Then they hide it in most cases with in the church. God should be in your heart, not a building or people in the building telling you how to repent.

[givemethejuice]

They pretend they walk with God. They are currupt and disgusting people.Then they hide it in most cases with in the church. God should be in your heart, not a building or people in the building telling you how to repent.

DT, we disagree on alot of subjects, but that was a great post!

[DTBusta]

Well the truth cannot be corrupted my friend. I hope my views don't lean left and thats what you see. I want middle road people running this government, not these ideologues on either side.

[givemethejuice]

Well the truth cannot be corrupted my friend. I hope my views don't lean left and thats what you see. I want middle road people running this government, not these ideologues on either side.

Like you, I also want a middle of the road goverment, but I feel like you do lean a little to left of my views. But I guess I lean a little far right in others views. That is why I consider myself a liberal conservative. But that is why I love america and the now dead political forum, I myself have many liberal and conservative friends and we can disagree about many issues but at the end of the day we are still friends!

[DTBusta]

ah yes. I love real true conservatives. I envy them, they are good people. Now I mean conservative like Lou Dobbs, financially of course. Shutting down the borders to illegals coming over. Iam liberal leaning but I feel this president has alienated his own base. I guess he hasn't if you consider evangelicals his base. On the other hand there have been accounts of leaked comments on how his evangelical base are"a bunch of nut jobs". See I'd have to agree , alot of them are crazy in their views of the end times and supporting a president because he is bringing the end times is pretty stupid. Anyway yes conservatives in the right manner, of small government and financially conservative then Im all for them. But truth be it that doesn't exist anymore..On either side it is pothetic. If Im leaning left its only because the truth is leaning that way at that moment.

[spywizard]

Religion and Political conversations..

too bad that forum was closed..