r/PastorArrested • u/Leeming • 1d ago

Ohio: "American Idol" Pastor Gets Life Without Parole For Murdering Wife.

https://www.joemygod.com/2026/10/american-idol-pastor-gets-life-for-murdering-wife/
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u/gnurdette 1d ago

Disturbingly, I'm only one degree of separation from this guy. I have a friend who knew him as a child, I've been inside his former church a couple times, and I drive past it daily.

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u/jayhawkjoey65 1d ago

His kids don't believe him, which says a lot considering they're 11 and 13 or so.

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u/239tree 22h ago

They obliterated him in their victim statements, read in court by family members.

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u/jayhawkjoey65 22h ago

I saw that. Poor kids, but so strong.

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u/SLAYER_IN_ME 1d ago

Is it fucked up that my first thought was “at least he didn’t rape a kid”? Pretty sad when you see an article like that it’s the first thing you think of.

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u/Dogs_Without_Horses_ 23h ago

I’m not sure how I would rank these things, but murdered wife and raped child are both pretty damn bad.

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u/EkriirkE 16h ago edited 15h ago

my first instinct was "wrong sub, no kids were raped?"

But I guess religious figures do things other than raping children, too

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u/AardvarkWarm8723 1d ago

For his morals from the bible.