Enabling a Serial Child Sexual Predator: Prestonwood Baptist Church and John Langworthy

Watch Keep
November 30, 2012

http://watchkeep.blogspot.com/2012/11/enabling-serial-child-sexual-predator.html

[with video]

Our hearts ache for Langworthy's victims who, once again, are being forced to wait for justice. But in one sense, the real culprit isn't Langworthy or the justice system, but his former colleagues and supervisors at two churches who chose to protect Langworthy and their institutions over children, Prestonwood Baptist in Dallas, Texas and Morrison Heights Baptist in Clinton, Mississippi.

The justice system is designed to bend over backwards to be fair to the accused. And Langworthy is fighting for himself, using every technicality he can, just like almost every child molester does.

But we shouldn't lose sight of the complicity of these church officials. Had even one of them done the absolute bare minimum, obeyed the law, and reported - even anonymously - their suspicions or knowledge of Langworthy's crimes or inappropriate deeds to police, he would almost certainly have been stopped years ago from hurting more kids.

The public message sent by Morrison Heights Baptist Church has been one of support for Langworthy as seen on video (embedded below) at his confession. There is not one word of support for the children sexually abused by John. It's all about him (sounds like Sandusky). He planned it that way. This confession is a tactic of manipulation to continue to silence others from coming forward since he says there have been no more "indiscretions" since 1989. And we're supposed to take a confessed child molester at his word? If he was repentant, he would have turned himself into the police right after this public confession (or 22 years before) and named every single one of his victims and asked for justice to be done so they can heal. He confessed only after he was exposed. The right message they and Prestonwood Baptist should send publicly is one of support for the brave survivors that have already come forward and to urge anyone else harmed by Langworthy to call the police immediately, come forward with no blame or shame, get help, begin healing and protect others.