UNITED STATES
The Gospel Herald
Christian Minister Whose Father Sexually Assaulted Girls in Congregation Teaches Churches How to Guard Against Pedophile
By LEAH MARIEANN KLETT (NEWS@GOSPELHERALD.COM)
After discovering that his father, an Evangelical pastor, had sexually assaulted multiple young women throughout his career, Rev. Jimmy Hinton has made it his life’s work to teach churches how to guard against pedophiles.
Jimmy’s father, John Wayne Hinton, shared the gospel from the pulpit of Somerset Church of Christ for nearly 27 years before retiring in 2001. Inspired by his father to enter the ministry, Jimmy took over the pulpit in 2009. However, just two years later, a woman approached Jimmy and informed him that his beloved father had molested her when she was a young girl.
Sadly, by the end of the conversation, Jimmy knew the woman was telling the truth, and was forced to contact the authorities.
“I’m not saying I wanted to believe that about my dad,” he told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. “Doing the right thing isn’t doing what we want to believe. It’s about doing the right thing.”
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