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Ohio pastor charged with child rape. (Original Post) Duncanpup Oct 2025 OP
From your link UpInArms Oct 2025 #1
Well i have to say it makes sense that many evangelicals won't abandon trump... Omnipresent Oct 2025 #5
Also from your link... QueerDuck Oct 2025 #2
Kind Of A Vacant Stare In That Shot ProfessorGAC Oct 2025 #6
Not a drag queen. Shocking. hatrack Oct 2025 #3
Yeah... 2naSalit Oct 2025 #4
Of course. Every last one of these "satanic materials" yellers AllyCat Oct 2025 #7
#NotADragQueen irisblue Oct 2025 #8
Sick disgusting POS. Belongs in prison. Diamond_Dog Oct 2025 #9
More are found everyday KS Toronado Oct 2025 #10

UpInArms

(55,089 posts)
1. From your link
Fri Oct 24, 2025, 05:53 AM
Oct 2025
On Thursday, the Wilmington Police Department (WPD) announced the arrest of Warren County resident Silas Shelton, who serves as a pastor at Blanchester Community Ministries in Clinton County.

Shelton is charged with rape, sexual battery, unlawful sexual conduct with a minor and gross sexual imposition in Clinton County, police said.

… snip …

Shelton spoke at a Little Miami Local School District meeting about the sale of the "Heartstopper" series at the district's Scholastic Book Fair in August 2023, the Cincinnati Enquirer reported. The books feature gay characters.

"I tell you, I got sick reading that stuff," Shelton said at the meeting, according to the outlet.

Omnipresent

(7,481 posts)
5. Well i have to say it makes sense that many evangelicals won't abandon trump...
Fri Oct 24, 2025, 07:38 AM
Oct 2025

Because they mirror his behavior.

ProfessorGAC

(76,979 posts)
6. Kind Of A Vacant Stare In That Shot
Fri Oct 24, 2025, 07:46 AM
Oct 2025

Not sure if his look is inherently creepy or it's just reinforcing the creepiness of his actions resulting in the arrest.
Either way, he's a creepy looking dude.

AllyCat

(18,913 posts)
7. Of course. Every last one of these "satanic materials" yellers
Fri Oct 24, 2025, 08:00 AM
Oct 2025

Is a pedo or in the closet.

Never leave children in the care of “youth pastors”, Bible thumpers, and religious zealots.

Ever.

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