There is a tendency for some elderly men to suddenly find themselves attracted to young girls. Is it a spirit of pedophilia that comes upon them? I don't know, but I have seen it a number of times. A pastor should be watching for such things and immediately retire when and if he observes them in himself.
Longtime Pastor Arrested for Child Molestation Tried To Blame 5-Year-Old Victim
Former Indiana Pastor Rodger Daily Strong, who led Orland Church of the Nazarene for four decades, was arrested Monday (March 17) for allegedly molesting a 5-year-old girl last year. Strong faces five counts of child molestation; three are Level 1 felonies, and two are Level 4 felonies. If convicted on all counts, he could be sentenced to more than 170 years in prison.
Editor’s note: This article refers to reports of child sex abuse, which some readers might find triggering and/or disturbing.
Court documents indicate that the alleged offenses occurred between January and May 2024. Police questioned Strong on March 7, 2025, two days after the victim’s parents contacted authorities about suspected abuse. During that interview, the 69-year-old pastor told police he planned to announce his retirement on March 9 and lead his final church service on March 16.
Pastor Tim Kellerman, district superintendent of the Northeast Indiana District of the Church of the Nazarene, told ChurchLeaders he terminated Strong on March 6. Then on March 9, the small congregation decided to close Orland Church of the Nazarene.
Touching Was Accidental, Indiana Pastor Told Parents of Alleged Victim
The court filing indicates that the alleged victim, now 6, recently began displaying concerning behavior. When her parents confronted Strong about it—and recorded that conversation—he said he accidentally touched their daughter, who was to blame for the incidents. The girl’s mother, according to a probable cause affidavit, told Strong, “You don’t unintentionally touch a kid’s vagina.”
Aside from being a pedophile, he's a liar. Satan is the father of lies and of chronic liars.
"The devil made me do it" - Proverb by Flip Wilson
Pastor Who Blamed Rape Victims for Wearing Shorts Apologizes on Church Sign
When the pastor indicated he should have told the parents what had happened, he said “he did not want [the girl] to get into trouble twice,” the affidavit stated. The girl’s mother pushed back, saying it sounded like Strong was “blaming their daughter for something he did.”
Then, according to the filing in Steuben Superior Court, Strong told the parents, “If you want me to say I did, then I did it. It was not intentional.”
When police interviewed Strong, he said the alleged victim was lying. In the charging document, Indiana State Police Detective Matthew Teusch wrote, “I explained to [Strong] that kids can tell lies, but nothing like one with great detail like this. I advised him kids do not make up big lies like this and could never have kept the details straight over this long period of time.”
After Teusch referenced Strong’s faith, the pastor admitted he had touched the girl five times, including three incidents of vaginal penetration. As the interview concluded, Strong “advises me that he really is not a bad person,” Teusch. “I told him that I don’t think he is a bad person, but he is one that has made some bad mistakes. He agreed and stated that he will probably serve 20 years for it.”
The pastor of a Nazarene Church doesn't know that he is a bad person? “Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone." Mark 10:18.
Report: World's Catholic population grows, but number of priests declines
March 20 (UPI) -- The world's Catholic population has grown, but the number of priests has fallen, according to a new report that looks at the latest available data.
The Vatican announced the figures Thursday, noting that the global Catholic populace increased between 2022 and 2023 by 1.15%, from around 1.39 billion to 1.406 billion.
Conversely, by the end of 2023, there were 406,996 priests, a 0.2% decrease of 734 compared to 2022.
Africa, home to 20% of the Catholics on Earth, is where the largest increase was measured, as their number increased to 281 million in 2023 from 272 million in 2022.
The decrease in the number of priests occurred mainly in Europe, the Oceania region and what the Vatican called "America," which combined for a -3.3% drop. Africa has seen a gain of close to 3.3% in diocesan priests and 1.4% in religious priests.
The count of overall bishops in the Catholic Church has grown over the last two years by 1.4%, to 5,430 in 2023 from 5,353 in 2022, but the biggest increase was in permanent deacons, which went up by 2.6% to 51,433 from 50,150.
So, from my thoroughly biased viewpoint, I have to wonder if the decrease in priests has to do with the number of gay and pedophile priests who have been outed in the past ten years or so. The Catholic Church may seem to be less of a candy store for gays and pedos than it has been for the past 60 years.
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