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AZJonnie

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11. Obviously this is terrible, terrible stuff. However, it appears by my math that he was 12-17 years old at the time
Tue Apr 22, 2025, 01:16 AM
Apr 2025

He is currently 36 years old, so he'd have been born around 1989. From Yahoo's article:

"According to the indictment, Keesee committed the alleged acts of rape between May 2002 and November 2006. He resigned from his position at the church in August."

"In a criminal complaint, detectives allege Keesee sexually assaulted a girl when she was 5 and 6 years old, starting in May 2001 and ending in May 2003. Keesee was 12 when the alleged abuse began"


I'm not saying it's not still awful for the 3 young women (and perhaps others), or that he's not a scumbag, I just think people should be aware of that detail of the story. Starting at the age of 12 makes me a bit suspicious about whether things were being done to him, and if so, by whom? Of course, growing up both privileged, and in a 'religion' that says men are the rightful rulers, and females are for breeding, could well have been all it took to put this filth into his young mind.

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