UPC Pastor Convicted of Slander in Pulpit!

[pelathais]

Originally Posted by Pressing-On

Pel,
It appeared to me that he spoke on what he thought were sexual sins and said she committed ONE of those.

One thing I do agree with everyone on - we need to be very careful how we address any type of sin over the pulpit. If it is done in love, that is a different story. On another token, a person who is engaging in sin and doesn't want to let go is going to be offended and it wouldn't matter how much you loved them or how careful you were in the handling.

Well yeah, but... If the "sin" was cutting one's feminine tresses and wearing skirts that rode up above the knee, BUT the "sin" being denounced from the pulpit was having carnal knowledge with the county's livestock then I'd understand a bit of uppitiness coming from the erring sister.

Originally Posted by Pressing-On

You don't know if that was what he was doing and neither do I. Again, he should have been more careful, but we don't really know the whole story. Everything is simply speculation.

We know that the quotes about "child molestation and bestiality" were both recorded and presented as evidence in a court of law. We know that the defendant made no claims in court denying that he had said those things. We know that the defendant's only defense was a First Amendment defense of "free speech" while in the pulpit of his church.