Baptist minister charged with indecent exposure

[varun]

Source: The Advocate

The minister of a Baptist church has been charged with indecent exposure and driving under the influence, and police officers in Johnson City, Tenn., say he propositioned them.

Tommy Tester, 58, of Bristol, Va., was wearing a skirt when he was arrested last week after allegedly urinating in front of children at a car wash, police said.

Police also said Tester offered to perform oral sex on officers who were sent to the scene.

Authorities identified Tester as the minister of Gospel Baptist Church in Bristol and an employee of Christian radio station WZAP-AM in Bristol.



Read more: http://www.advocate.com/news_detail_ektid47834.asp

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These arrests (of Xtian fundie closet cases) are now happening at almost the rate of once a day...

[pepperbear]

1. I'll suck it for five dollars, man....

[liberal N proud]

2. Right Wing hypocrisy

[MADem]

3. Thy rod and thy staff

should be kept in thy trousers.

And, as always, the INSINCERE expressions of sympathy from the rest of the Holy Roller Crew:

WZAP issued a statement Monday asking for prayers and saying Tester had been suspended during an investigation. ''We pray this potential profit-depressing, clusterfuck of a matter can be quickly swept under the rug, ignored, forgotten, so it doesn't impact our bottom LINE!!!! resolved,'' WZAP owner Al Morris said in the statement.

[BOSSHOG]

7. He was in a dress, pissed in front of kids and offered a blow job to a cop

thank god the preacher didn't do anything liberal!

[Dr.Phool]

8. Is he running for the Florida Legislature?

He seems to have all the qualifications.

:rofl:

[dmallind]

14. That's not liberal!

Liberals offer blowjobs to flight attendants or wait staff - not cops ;)

[frebrd]

4. Oh, Gawd....

I lOVE this stuff!

[Ian David]

5. See prior threads

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What Hath God Wrought- The Good, The Bad and The Douchebaggery- Black Collar Crime, July 2007, C.E.
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Bristol pastor, Christian radio DJ "Tommy Tester" charged with indecent exposure
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Bristol, VA Baptist Pastor /WZAP Radio Gospel DJ Arrested-- soliciting, indecent exposure & DUI
Topic started by IanDB1 on Jul-31-07 08:24 AM (4 replies)
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[dmallind]

6. A quick search engine comparison

"atheist arrested" returned 79K hits. I scanned the first few pages and found about half or a bit more that contained both words but did not mean an atheist was arrested, and a sizeable number of foreign stories.

"pastor arrested" (which of course does not included "minister arrested", "priest arrested" "rabbi arrested" "vicar arrested" etc) returned 480K hits. I scanned the first few pages and found precisely two listings that did not include an arrested pastor, and only one foreign story.

Now I know Christians outnumber atheists 12 to 1 but pastiors (and only that term) surely do not outnumber atheists six to one do they?

[Maat]

9. No doubt ultra-right preachers have ISSUES ..

says this retired social worker.

[dmallind]

12. I suspect you are right

After all the position except for a very few at the very top pays lousy, but offers a position of authority and access to vulnerable people.

No doubt the majority of pastors are those who really feel they have a calling to share their faith, and enter the profession for altruistic reasons.

But it's silly to assume that it would not also attract some of the more deviant and devious by offering them such a position of implied integrity and emotional leverage over both children and adults.

[Maat]

20. Well-said.

Plus, I feel that a rigid belief system, and its organizations, attracts rigid people, who often are repressing some feelings they believe are undesirable. So, they try and hide the related behavior, and the whole thing snowballs into a big mess.

[yardwork]

21. In that case, fishing expeditions into the secret lives of the most rigid

ought to yield higher than average results.

Not that I'm advocating any fishing expeditions, understand. I'm just saying that if a candidate were wishing to maybe expose some lies and hypocrisy about an opponent, looking for sexual deviance (and I mean *real* deviance - like the kind displayed by this guy who peed in front of little kids) in the backgrounds of the most rigid, the most self-righteous, the most holier-than-thou is likely to be hit pay dirt.

So who are some of the most rigid?

[dmallind]

22. Brownback and Hunter spring to mind in the big race. NT

l;k;l

[yardwork]

23. Uh-huh. And Romney.

[Maat]

27. Romney strikes me as a conscience-less *bleep* ...

but I agree that Hunter, Brownback and Dobson spring to mind, as well as Richard Land and Al Mohler. All of those guys are quite rigid in their beliefs (e.g. something is always morally wrong ... yada ... yada).

[southerncrone]

28. Don't kid yourself thinking the pay is lousy. The pay is EXCELLENT!

In the South, the preachers at even small churches are paid very well. It's a shame-the-sheep form of blackmail. What better guilt trip than: "Would you deny the one who does God's work anything but the best?"

It is not uncommon for preachers at churches w/<100 members to make $75K-200K a year. Plus they have tax breaks & often free housing provided by the church. Those w/larger congregation make even more. The best con-game on the planet!

[DemoTex]

10. Did he not see the sign?

[bigworld]

11. photo of Mr Tester

He's on the right.

<http://www.familymusicgroup.com/2007NQC/Tommy%20Tester%20from%20WZAP%20in%20Bristol,%20VA.jpg>

[yardwork]

19. Nice suit, but pee stains are going to show on that mint green.

He should go for the black pinstripe, like his buddy. Hides pee stains better.

[Joe Bacon]

25. Holy polyester, Batman!!!!

Didnt Robert DeNiro wear that suit when he made Casino??????

[southerncrone]

29. Sorta reminds me of Dennis Rader!

[0007]

13. For Pete Sake what in the name of good Heaven is making

these people of the cloth as squirrelly as the Republican's in office?

Is it the new wave or something?

The new Mark Foley thingie? :shrug:

[lumpy]

16. They were squirrely before they entered the

ministry. They mistakenly believe the 'cloth' will protect them.

[lumpy]

15. Well well, another sexual deviant hiding behind

the skirts of the Baptist ministry. This is giving the Baptist Church a real bad name. I am convinced that these sexual screwups go into the ministry as a cover and are not dedicated to ministerial responsibilities.

[LanternWaste]

17. Yup. Preachers and Teachers.

"These arrests (of Xtian fundie closet cases) are now happening at almost the rate of once a day..."

Yup. Preachers and Teachers.

[southerncrone]

30. Slinking around in the shadows while cloaked in the garments of the Lord.

Everyday is like Halloween. They put on their costumes of legitimacy & try to blend in so no one will suspect their dirty little secrets. A bunch of fakes & liars.

Can hardly think of anything more despicable. :puke:

And THIS teacher is NOT a perv, thank you very much.
I do acknowledge they are out there, but boils down to placing ones self in the best place to satisfy your desires. Equally as despicable.

[yardwork]

18. barking mad. k&r for the "family values" crowd.

Thank God that gay people can't get married, though. Think of the children!

[sarcasmo]

24. See my quote.

[ninkasi]

26. The issues which get the most attention

among fundies are gay marriage,abortion, and adultery. Their main emphasis seems to be on issues regarding sex, and reproduction. Actually doing the things that Jesus preached are somehow overlooked. Feed the hungry? Take care of the needy? No, these things don't matter. They are obsessed with thoughts of sex. Maybe they think that being a "moral", right-wing fundie will somehow protect them from their own secret desires.

[SharonAnn]

31. Those are the "pelvic issues".