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Pastor Robert Morris’ lawyer blamed a 12-year-old girl for initiating sexual contact (www.nbcnews.com)
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Cindy Clemishire was a 12-year-old girl who dressed in flowery pink pajamas and still liked to play with Barbie dolls.

On Christmas that year, Morris — who would go on to found Gateway Church in Southlake, Texas, and become a leading figure in the American evangelical movement — began what he would later describe as “inappropriate sexual behavior” with Clemishire while he was staying at her parents’ home in Oklahoma. Clemishire said Morris told her to come see him in his room before bed, and she was the type of girl who listened to instructions from trusted adults.

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[-] magnetosphere@fedia.io 59 points 2 months ago

12 is well below the age of consent. What she allegedly initiated doesn’t even remotely matter.

[-] frickineh@lemmy.world 29 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

But didn't you know that if a child initiates sexual behavior with an adult, the adult has to participate? What other choice could they possibly have? /s

God, it made me sick to even type that out. If a 12 year old was trying anything even remotely sexual toward me, I'd shut that shit down immediately and I'd be extremely concerned about whether they were safe. Because I'm a normal adult, unlike this sick fuck. What really infuriates me is that they think this will sway people to his side, and even worse is that it'll work on some people. I hate everything about that.

Also, to be clear, I don't believe him for a second. She almost certainly didn't initiate a damn thing.

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