A Rapist In My Church Directory

Someone handed me an article today about a man named Thomas Early who was sentenced for not registering his address according to Megan's law. He's termed a 'sexual predator' for raping a quadriplegic man in a nursing home and as such is required to notify police whenever he moves.

The scary thing is that there's a picture of him in our church directory. He stopped coming to our church last year, but had been a fairly regular attender before that time.

All of that to say this: you can never be too careful about who you let get involved at your church. Some people have balked at background checks for those volunteering in ministries, but we need them for this very reason.

  • posted on 8 June 2006
  • by Jesse

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8 June 20061. Mark:

Wow, scary.

At our church, no men can work in the nurseries. Ever. And everyone (men and women) must undergo background checks before working in any of the children's ministries. And that's after they have been active for six months after joining.

You're right. You can NEVER be too careful.

9 June 20062. LaRosa Johnson:

what?! you mean to tell me that i can't watch the kiddies? aww c'mon, i got 2.5 kids of my own, i know what i'm doing! lol... that's sexist!

j/k

anyway... i agree, we can never be too careful these days, too many people with issues. my church hasn't gone that far yet, but they've done a fairly good job of weeding out the bad ones before they even get into a position of leadership or teaching

lj.

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