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CBS DFW
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Robbie Owens
BEDFORD (CBSDFW) – A Bedford church minister awaiting trial on 29 counts of rape and sodomy involving a teenage girl in Alabama has resigned. That’s according to a man who only identified himself as “leader” with Bedford’s First Baptist Church. The church’s pastor has not returned multiple calls seeking comment; but, sources tell CBS that the church leadership was aware of the accusations facing now 32 year old Charles Kyle Adcock when he was hired.
“We think it’s incredibly irresponsible and reckless to have hired him in the first place,” says Amy Smith, who works with SNAP: Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests. Smith say she took to twitter to blast First Baptist’s pastor for hiring Adcock, and says she was immediately blocked from the church’s feed. Smith and another supporter staged a hastily arranged protest outside the church this afternoon. And although they were outnumbered by press, she insists it doesn’t take a crowd to warn parents.
“What we know about predators is they rarely have just one victim” says Smith, “and they’re very manipulative and often will find places like churches to have a position of trust. That word ‘minister’ signals to most churchgoers that he is safe.”
But, critics of the hire say Kyle is anything but. According to Alabama court documents, one of the terms of Adcock’s release was that he live with and be under the supervision of his parents in Grapevine.
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