D.L. Foster has been doing a fantastic job exposing the trend of sexual crimes amongst clergymen in the Church of God in Christ. This latest story is quite troubling.
“Frank Douglas, Jr. bishop of the Church of God in Christ’s Western Missouri jurisdiction has appointed and installed a registered sex offender as president of AIM (Auxillaries in Ministry) which, among other things, has oversight of youth and children.
According to a leading Kansas City newspaper, In 2001, Leland Ted Jones former deputy at Wyandotte County (MO) jail was sentenced to 41 months in prison plus three years’ probation after pleading no contest to two-year-old charges of attempted aggravated criminal sodomy and aggravated sexual battery. His original charges were rape and aggravated criminal sodomy of a female prisoner [source].
The appointment came almost immediately after Jones’ roughly seven year prison and probation period finished.
Jones was installed as pastor this March by Douglas, who himself was just installed as bishop by Charles Blake in 2008.”
And yes, sadly you will find “Chester the molester” in other churches as well. But that does not excuse this mess going on in COGIC.
