The Lord works in mysterious ways — 9/19

a once-weekly recap of God’s omnipotence,
usually on Fridays

Religious followers believe their god protects and guides them. But god never shows up. Every religion is led only by humans, who often turn out to be charlatans, swindlers, or perverts.

California: Long Beach pastor resigns after arrest for possessing child pornography

Lawsuits accuse former California megachurch pastor of child sex abuse in Bucharest

Denver pastor and wife ordered to pay $3.4 million to crypto scam victims

Delaware: For 25 felony counts of dealing in child sexual abuse material, former head of St. Anne’s Episcopal School gets 4 years in prison

Georgia: House of Prayer pastor indicted by federal grand jury for various sex offenses involving minor

Illinois church leader ordered held in child sex trafficking case

Indiana cop gets probation after admitting recording 17-year-old and performing sex acts while standing over sleeping victim

Iowa: former band teacher at Ankeny Christian Academy is arrested for three counts of lascivious acts with a student

Kansas: Johnson County priest resigns amid criminal investigation, archdiocese says

Kentucky: Former pastor and Republican councilman arrested in Kentucky after two years on the run

Maryland: Former pastor charged with sexual abuse in Baltimore County

Former Baltimore County pastor sentenced for abusing boys in youth group

Note: This isn’t the same Baltimore County pervy pastor as the previous link.

North Carolina: Rowan County bishop accused of sexually abusing minor more than 30 years ago

Oregon parents who trusted God and olive oil instead of medical care get 30 days in jail for letting their baby die

Pennsylvania: Cumberland County pastor and ‘regular customer’ at massage parlor pleads guilty in human trafficking case

South Carolina: Sweetgrass Christian Academy employee is arrested for unlawful conduct toward a child

South Carolina: Files reveal sex abuse was reported decades before pastor charged

Pastor and founder of Texas megachurch quits over “sexual sin and moral failure”

Texas pastor charged with sexual assault says he’s innocent, preaches in front of his mug shot

Texas: Former youth pastor charged with possession of child pornography in NW Harris Co., court docs show

Catholic nuns, missing babies, a mass grave — and a reckoning with Ireland’s past

Megachurches resurrect Charlie Kirk via AI


Of course, the vast majority of crooked or pervy religious leaders get away with everything. Of those that are caught, many are quietly reassigned to other duties, not defrocked or punished. Of the few cases that aren’t hushed up, there’s no knowing how many make the news, but undoubtedly I miss most of them, in compiling this list.

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9/19/2025

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