Ask any journalist, lawyer, police officer, doctor or social worker with firsthand knowledge of the problem, and they will all tell you the exact same thing: When a congregation learns that Pastor Bubba is raping their children, they almost invariably1 rally to the pastor and re-victimize the victims. So this story from New Jersey is more depressing than surprising.
“We love our pastor,” Alexander said. “They can say what they want. And I hope I get on YouTube, and I tell you this here. I love my pastor. I love God first, but I love my pastor, and I trust him. And I know that I know him, deep from part of my heart. In the pit of my heart, I know we’re going to be exonerated. When our time comes, you will know.”
“Think what you want,” he added. “We’re going to trust God. We’ve got to answer to nobody but God.”
Alexander said Simmons had a “Godly heart” because he was praying for the woman who accused him of sex crimes.
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1 There are occasional exceptions, but they are so rare as, practically, to be unknown.