15-year-old gets raped. 15-year-old is forced to apologize to her church for it. - Polidicks

[url]http://abcnews.go.com/Health/MindMoodNews/alleged-rape-victim-accuses-trinity-baptist-church-deacon/story?id=10806348[/url] [release]Tina Anderson was only 15 when she said she was forced to stand terrified before her entire Baptist congregation to confess her "sin" -- she had become pregnant. What she wasn't allowed to tell the group was that the pregnancy was the result of being raped by a church deacon, a man twice her age. She says her New Hampshire pastor, Chuck Phelps, told her she was lucky not to have been born during Old Testament times when she would have been stoned to death. While questioning the girl before church officials crafted the speech she would deliver, Anderson said Phelps' wife asked her, "Did you enjoy it?" That was only the first step in Anderson's "church discipline," one of many ritual practices in the Independent Fundamental Baptist Church (IFB), which Anderson, now more than a decade later, says preys on the vulnerable. "I was completely in shock, but too scared to go and tell anyone because I thought I would get blamed for what happened," Anderson said. "I truly believed that it was my fault," she told ABCNews.com through tears. Her mother sought help from the pastor and they agreed to send her thousands of miles away to Colorado to live with another Baptist family. There, she reportedly was homeschooled and barred from seeing others her age until she gave her child up for adoption. But in February 2010, after keeping her secret for 13 years, Anderson -- a 28-year-old mother of three more children who lives in Arizona -- was contacted by police and agreed to press charges. All the years that she lived with the memory of the alleged abuse, she held it tight. "You are told not to talk about it," according to Anderson, who also accuses the pastor of concealing her whereabouts. Today, the man charged with rape has been arrested and Concord's Trinity Baptist Church is at the center of that scandal for allegedly protecting one of its members and perhaps hiding the victim from police scrutiny. Ernest Willis, now 51 and a former church member who lives in Gilford, N.H., is accused of raping Anderson twice -- once at Anderson's home where he showed up when her parents were away and a second time in the backseat of a car when he was teaching her to drive. In a seven-page statement to police obtained by ABCNews.com, Anderson said Willis offered to take her out of state where abortions for minors are legal, then asked if she wanted him to "punch me in the stomach as hard as he could" to trigger a miscarriage. Willis has been charged with four felonies -- two counts of rape and two counts of having sex with a minor. He was released on $100,000 personal recognizance bail and will be arraigned June 16 in Concord District Court. Calls to his house seeking comment were not returned. "We just received the files and have not had a chance to review them," said Assistant City Prosecutor Tracy A. Connolly, who would not say if there were more alleged victims. Police have told the Associated Press that they are looking into obstruction of justice charges against the church for possibly sending the victim away so they could not prosecute. "Without a victim, it makes it very difficult to have a case," Lt. Keith Mitchell told the Concord Monitor newspaper. "That basically made the investigation very difficult." Police records do not show whether the church assisted detectives in finding Anderson or whether they were silent. Willis refused to give a statement at the time, according to the Monitor.[/release] :wtc:, religion?

What the fuck.

I assume this is the Catholic Church?

I'm guessing the church doesn't know the whole story but then again the things the church does the most retarded shit ever, and that is why i'm slowly losing my religion.

Yes, it is. Eh.

How many times does organized religion have to shit all over human decency before we realize something is up?

Fucking religion.

I think I speak for most people here when I say Fuck organized religion.

There are some things I don't like about civilised countries. Like how we dont drag people like this through the dirt anymore.

That is fucked up on so many levels.

This is why I hate some religions...

[QUOTE=Zyx;22387513]This is why I hate some religions...[/QUOTE] You're supposed to hate the organization. not the personal beliefs.

yay religion.

This is the actions of one extremist sect, not the whole religion. All you idiots saying "fucking religion" is just like saying all of Islam is barbaric because of the 9/11 attacks. I'm sure all of you would berate someone who said that.

[QUOTE=CheeseMan;22387475]Yes, it is. Eh.[/QUOTE] It's a baptist church isn't it?

Even though I'm an atheist, I'm fucking tired of people saying, "OMG OMG, RELIGION SUCKS LOL". This story has little to do with religion, if it was her teacher and was forced to say it in class, people wouldn't butthurt nearly as much. Yes, it was a horrible thing, but him being a preacher doesn't really affect it. Yeah, she wouldn't of been raped if they hadn't sent her there, but he probably would have raped someone else. It also hasn't caused that many wars, almost all "Religious Wars" have another reason. So shut the fuck up, and stop arguing over the internet.

[QUOTE=ze spy;22387583]Even though I'm an atheist, I'm fucking tired of people saying, "OMG OMG, RELIGION SUCKS LOL". This story has little to do with religion, if it was her teacher and was forced to say it in class, people wouldn't butthurt nearly as much. Yes, it was a horrible thing, but him being a preacher doesn't really affect it. Yeah, she wouldn't of been raped if they hadn't sent her there, but he probably would have raped someone else. It also hasn't caused that many wars, almost all "Religious Wars" have another reason. [B]So shut the fuck up, and stop arguing over the internet.[/B][/QUOTE] :psyduck:

[QUOTE=MisterMooth;22387601]:psyduck:[/QUOTE] :pseudo:

[QUOTE=CivilProtection;22387555]This is the actions of one extremist sect, not the whole religion. All you idiots saying "fucking religion" is just like saying all of Islam is barbaric because of the 9/11 attacks. I'm sure all of you would berate someone who said that.[/QUOTE] Fine, if you want to get anal about it. These particular actions have formed a trend line linked to followers of this religion/group. This trend was formed by pure observance over an elongated period of time. Any group that restricts womens rights to the point of borderline misogyny is barbaric.

[QUOTE]Independent Fundamental Baptist Church (IFB)[/QUOTE] Guys it's not the catholic church it's an extremist sect you can all shut up now.

[QUOTE=ze spy;22387583]Even though I'm an atheist, I'm fucking tired of people saying, "OMG OMG, RELIGION SUCKS LOL". This story has little to do with religion, if it was her teacher and was forced to say it in class, people wouldn't butthurt nearly as much. Yes, it was a horrible thing, but him being a preacher doesn't really affect it. Yeah, she wouldn't of been raped if they hadn't sent her there, but he probably would have raped someone else. It also hasn't caused that many wars, almost all "Religious Wars" have another reason. So shut the fuck up, and stop arguing over the internet.[/QUOTE] It's a big deal that it was a deacon that raped her though. These people are supposed to be role models and leaders in a community. They are highly respected by many people and are often trusted more than police. This sort of thing is horrible because he is a man in a high position and he fucking used that to hurt other people. That he was a religious leader doesn't bother me. That he was a leader period bothers me. I think it's one thing for someone to go around and hurt someone else, but it is twice as bad when they do it from a position of power and use that power to cover up their actions. [editline]08:12AM[/editline] [QUOTE=Relys;22387626]Fine, if you want to get anal about it. These particular actions have formed a trend line linked to followers of this religion/group. This trend was formed by pure observance over an elongated period of time. Any group that restricts womens rights to the point of borderline misogyny is barbaric.[/QUOTE] This is the first time I've heard about this particular Baptist Organization.

[QUOTE=Perfumly;22387650]Guys it's not the catholic church it's an extremist sect you can all shut up now.[/QUOTE] Fuck Fundies.

Notice the guy's name is Phelps, any connection to wbc?

This is fucked up on so many levels.

You are all silly. This is the fault of a select few fucked up people, not religion (and I am usually a huge asshole when it comes to things like these).

At least they're finally pressing charges. [editline]02:09AM[/editline] Bah, ninjas.

Erp derp rligion is bad cuz sum pplz raepd sum1 else lol! amicoolyet?

[QUOTE=Lord_Skellig;22388180]Notice the guy's name is Phelps, any connection to wbc?[/QUOTE] It's strangely coincidental that it is a Baptist church and the guy's name is Phelps. However, I don't think there is any connection between IFB and WBC. WBC is apparently not connected to any other Baptist Associations, since most denounce the WBC.

This is terrible, why do most religions have to be so dark?

[QUOTE=Timenova;22388262]This is terrible, why do most religions have to be so dark?[/QUOTE] It isn't the religion. I don't think the church endorses this behavior. In fact it is probably pretty embarrassing for the church because they put that guy in his position. Nevermind, re-read the article and apparently the church tried to cover it up. Fuck them.