Infernal Affairs: Christian Horror Stories From the Edge!

[Darkness Unlimited*]

Let's face it folks, christians are always up to some shit. So i've decided to start a thread that aims to consolidate* all the horror stories in the news that concern whacked-out Jesus-freakazoids.
I'll try & balance out my bias by including hilarious & down-right embarrassing reports. But unfortunately, when-ever a christian makes the head-lines, it usually involves something hideous.

In turn, i encourage anyone to counter (& futher balance) this thread with reports [& historical examples] ov any Atheists, Satanists, Deists, Wiccans, Darwinists, Naturalists, practioners ov Voodoo, Kabala, etc. who've done really fucked up shit - which deserves to have attention drawn to it.
Yes, this IS a christian/religion-bashing thread & admittedly my bias couldn't be more naked. But honestly, they DO deserve it.
I'm right, i'm ALWAYS right! 1st horror story:

http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=124509908813...

Judge allows photos of girl in Oregon City faith healing trial
Oregon City couple charged in their daughters’ death wants the case thrown out
By Matthew Graham



An Oregon City couple on trial for the death of their 15-month-old daughter unsuccessfully tried to have their case tossed out of Clackamas County Circuit Court during a pre-trial hearing Monday morning, claiming similar cases involving other children had not been prosecuted.

Carl and Raylene Worthington, parents of Ava Worthington, who died March 2, 2008, of bronchial pneumonia and a blood infection, also asked the court to bar photographs investigators took on the night of the child’s death and during an autopsy the following day.

The medical examiner’s office said the child’s illnesses combined with a cyst on her neck could have been treated by antibiotics. But because the family believed in faith healing, no one sought medical help.

The Worthingtons face second-degree manslaughter and criminal mistreatment charges in their child’s death.

They are members of Oregon City’s Followers of Christ church who believe in faith healing. The case brings into question the point at which a parent’s responsibility to protect his or her child trumps a person’s right to religious freedom.

A trial on the charges is scheduled to begin on June 23.


On Monday, Worthington defense attorneys John Neigid and Mark Cogan presented six other instances in Clackamas County in which children died from apparent negligence and their parents were not charged. The attorneys also argued that the Worthingtons were being treated differently because of their religious beliefs.

“If any of these (six other deaths) had been Followers of Christ members they would’ve been descended upon by hordes of investigators,” Neigid said. “But they were not Followers of Christ and consequently were treated a whole lot better.”

Judge Steven Maurer denied the defense’s motion, saying that the instances and related legal principles were vastly different in the Worthingtons’ case and so the cases couldn’t be considered parallel.

The defense also argued that photos taken on the night of Ava’s death were “highly prejudicial” and that the first round of photographs wasn’t taken until two hours after Ava’s death.

“Our position is that even then would be too late because there’s changes that take place between the time of death and when the photos were taken,” Cogan said. “You’ll see certain signs of decomposition are evident.”

But Maurer said that was something the attorneys would have to present to a jury – the degree to which the photos were accurate depictions – and not aspects to be wholly dismissed beforehand.

Though not presented as any kind of formal motion, the defense also made numerous references to Clackamas County sheriff’s Capt. Bruce Pearson, who, according to witnesses, stumbled and slurred his speech at the scene. Cogan and Neigid said Pearson had admitted to being under the influence of a prescription drug and that he said he had no recollection of being at the scene the following day.

They argued that the scene changed after the time Pearson reportedly arrived, and say he may have contaminated the investigation.

[BlaqJeff]

I guess they weren't Christian enough. God didn't like them he let the child die.
OK. I really don't believe that. But if I were a Christian it would make sense, especially if I believed in faith healing. I guess they don't have faith in proven medical care. Stupid jackasses.
I bet you these fuck faces are pro-life.

[Darkness Unlimited*]

XTIAN HORROR STORY NO.2!



JOHN FRESHWATER - PSYCHO XTIAN TEACHER!

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

COLUMBUS, Ohio — An Ohio school teacher fired over accusations that he preached Christianity in class says in a $1 million lawsuit that his free speech and civil rights were violated.

John Freshwater, an eighth-grade teacher in Mount Vernon, northeast of Columbus, also says he was harassed because of his religion, was defamed and suffered a hostile work environment.

The Mount Vernon school board created a work situation that allowed Freshwater "to be harassed by both administrators and co-workers on account of his religion," according to the lawsuit against the board and school administrators filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Columbus.

A message was left with Superintendent Steve Sharp on Wednesday seeking comment.

The Mount Vernon school board fired Freshwater last year, citing an internal investigation that found he had preached his Christian beliefs in class.

Freshwater was also accused of using a scientific device to burn a cross image onto a student's arm and of keeping a Bible on his desk.

Freshwater says other teachers were permitted to keep Bibles on their desks.

Story continues below


Freshwater is seeking $500,000 in lost wages, pension pay and lost opportunity costs and $500,000 in punitive damages.

Freshwater also said he was discriminated against because of his involvement with the student group, Fellowship of Christian Athletes.

The lawsuit said an outside consultant's report that investigated Freshwater was incomplete and contained "scandalous allegations," which the lawsuit does not detail.


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20090610/us-teacher-bible/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Freshwater

[Darkness Unlimited*]

XTIAN HORROR STORY NO. III!

FAT, UGLY, INCREADIBLY GREEDY WOMAN LURES PREGNANT WOMAN via CRAIGS-LIST, MURDERS & TAKES FETUS!
And the fuck ov it is, this fat ugly cow ALREADY HAS TWO CHILDREN!!! WTF!

http://wweek.com/editorial/3532/12709/

http://a11news.com/2041/korena-roberts/

[Darkness Unlimited*]

More news bits on those demented, sorry-ass, faith-healing "parents" who murdered their own daughter:

http://www.oregonlive.com/clackamascounty/index.ssf/2009/06/worthin...


Worthington faith-healing trial: Secular and spiritual laws collide
by The Oregonian Monday June 22, 2009, 2:13 PM
THE CASE


Doug Beghtel/The Oregonian
Carl and Raylene Worthington walk into the Clackamas County Courthouse in Oregon City on March 31, 2008.Carl and Raylene Worthington, members of the Followers of Christ church in Oregon City, go to trial June 23 on charges of manslaughter and criminal mistreatment in the death of their 15-month-old daughter. Ava Worthington died in March 2008 from complications from pneumonia and a blood infection, both treatable conditions. The Worthington case will be the first test of a 1999 Oregon law that removed legal protections for parents who withhold medical treatment on religious grounds.

[Darkness Unlimited*]

TWISTED, FREAK-OUT XTIANS TORTURES CHILD W/ "GAY" EXORCISM, WTF?!!!

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31528426/?GT1=43001

Church creates stir with gay exorcism video
Gay and youth advocates are demanding an investigation
Video


Exorcism called 'abusive'
June 25: Gay advocates are outraged about a video posted on YouTube that shows church members attempting to exorcise 'homosexual demons' from a 16-year-old boy.
Msnbc.com's Dara Brown reports.


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Exorcism called 'abusive'


updated 8:49 a.m. PT, Thurs., June 25, 2009
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - The video shows the 16-year-old boy lying on the floor, his body convulsing, as elders of a small Connecticut church cast a "homosexual demon" from his body.

"Rip it from his throat!" a woman yells. "Come on, you homosexual demon! You homosexual spirit, we call you out right now! Loose your grip, Lucifer!"

The 20-minute video posted on YouTube by Manifested Glory Ministries is being called abuse by gay and youth advocates, who are demanding an investigation. But a church official this week denied that the teenager was injured or that the church is prejudiced.

[Darkness Unlimited*]

As many people know (or ought to), before Dr.George Tiller was murdered, he was shot in both arms back in 1993. His attempted assassinator back then was a wildly demented, possessed Jesus-lovin' cunt [from Grants Pass,OR] named Shelley Shannon.
She's been in prison ever since, & isn't schedueled for paroll 'til at least 2018. Here's what she looks like. Sometimes, you can judge a book by it's cover.

[Darkness Unlimited*]

And here's a link to a christian propaganda flick being passed off as some sort ov "accurate" interpritation. BULLOCKS!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1328644/

[LesYpersound]

To counter the anti-christian bullshit

Christian Faith and Social Justice
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/07032009/watch.html
Bill Moyers speaks with Cornel West, Serene Jones, and Gary Dorrien for a fresh take on what our core ethics and values as a society say about America's politics, policy, and the challenges of balancing capitalism and democracy.

[Darkness Unlimited*]

LesYpersound said:

To counter the anti-christian bullshit

Christian Faith and Social Justice
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/07032009/watch.html
Bill Moyers speaks with Cornel West, Serene Jones, and Gary Dorrien for a fresh take on what our core ethics and values as a society say about America's politics, policy, and the challenges of balancing capitalism and democracy.

Great sample, Les. I think i could actually have an ADULT conversation with these folks. Just too bad (for the rest ov us) that the decent-minded faithful are but a tiny, barely measurable faction ov Christendom.

[Darkness Unlimited*]

Here's another sick-as-fuck christian for ya:

http://intolerantfaith.blogspot.com/2009/03/satanic-war-delusions-l...

This Blog Linked From Here The Web
This Blog
Linked From Here
The Web

Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Satanic War Delusions Lead Vancouver Man To Kill Sister

Vancouver man suspected of sister's stabbing death
VANCOUVER, Wash. -- Police say a Vancouver man said he stabbed his sister because "God told him to kill because she is Satan's spawn."
The 47-year-old man, Michael J. Schuurmans, appeared in Clark County Superior Court Monday and had bail set at $1 million. The Vancouver Columbian reports the judge set another hearing Tuesday to appoint a defense lawyer and order a mental evaluation.
A police statement filed with the court says officers responded to a family disturbance Saturday. Two relatives say Schuurmans attacked 53-year-old Shirry L. Dohman-Rice. She was fatally stabbed in the chest.
Police say Schuurmans said he is at war with Satan, and God told him to attack his sister.


Here's another news article, along with a photo so you all can see what the sick son-ov-a-bitch looks like:

http://columbian.com/article/20090304/NEWS02/703049953

Suspect in slaying sent for mental evaluation
Tuesday, March 3 | 10:05 p.m.

BY LAURA MCVICKER
COLUMBIAN STAFF WRITER



Michael Schuurmans, accused of stabbing his sister to death, made his first court appearance on Monday. The next day he was sent to Western State Hospital for a mental evaluation. (Steven Lane/The Columbian)

A day after making his first court appearance, a Vancouver man accused of fatally stabbing his sister in a delusional rage was ordered Tuesday to Western State Hospital.

Prosecutors requested experts evaluate Michael J. Schuurmans, 47, at the Tacoma-area hospital to determine whether he's mentally competent to stand trial.

Schuurmans' court-appointed attorney, Tom Phelan, didn't object to the motion, and Clark County Superior Court Judge Barbara Johnson signed the order.

Schuurmans was booked in the Clark County Jail on Saturday on suspicion of the first-degree murder of his sister, Shirry L. Dohman-Rice. Vancouver police officers had responded to a report of a family disturbance at 5 a.m. that day at the siblings' home, 405 Memphis Way.

The siblings lived with their elderly mother in Vancouver's Father Blanchet neighborhood.

Schuurmans' nephew, Alec Dohman, called 911 to say his uncle, who has appeared in court in a wheelchair, was standing over Dohman-Rice, 53, throwing punches at her face, according to a probable cause affidavit.

A second nephew, Aaron Dohman, intervened and halted the attack, according to the affidavit; when officers arrived, he had Schuurmans pinned to the ground outside Dohman-Rice's bedroom.

Officers found that Dohman-Rice had been stabbed in the chest. She was still conscious. Paramedics were called in, but she died before they arrived.

Investigators questioned Schuurmans, who reportedly made assertions he was God and his sister was Satan.

"(Schuurmans) indicated that he is at war with Satan and that there is going to be a lot of killing within the next four days until he returns Monday as God," the affidavit said. "(He) stated that now is the Apocalypse and he is fully involved as God with those activities."

On Monday, Senior Deputy Prosecutor Tony Golik filed the motion requesting that at least two experts evaluate Schuurmans. The prosecutor requested that the therapists diagnose Schuurmans' mental condition and provide an opinion on his competency for trial and whether he's a substantial threat to the community.

Court proceedings are suspended until March 26. On that day, the judge will review the case again.




Why the fuck is it, that every time god "talks" to people, he's always tellin' 'em to do fucked up shit?

[Darkness Unlimited*]

MORE FUCKED-UP CHRISTIAN HORROR REPORTS!

Howard Avery - famed basketball coach, proper christian, fucks teenage minor girls he coaches
And this one's a BROTHA! Oh, the goddamn shame ov it all!
Usually, it's WHITE-ass motherfuckers who do this shit. So when i 1st found out that Coach Avery was a Black man, i was deeply disapointed. BUT - there is stil one pattern that has remained consistant through-out ALL these child-rape/sex-predator cases - THEY'RE ALL CHRISTIANS!!!

http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/08/basketball_coach_h...

Basketball coach Howard Avery sentenced to 15 years
by Rachel Bachman, The Oregonian
Thursday August 27, 2009, 8:04 PM

The Oregonian
Avery continued coaching after revelations in 2003 about his past. OREGON CITY -- Howard Avery, at one time the most powerful private basketball coach in Oregon, was sentenced Thursday to 15 years in prison for his conviction last week on five counts of felony sex abuse.

Avery, 52, who parents hired to train their kids and help them win college scholarships, left the courtroom at the Clackamas County Courthouse without speaking.


Circuit Judge Jeffrey Jones gave Avery two consecutive 100-month sentences for the most serious crimes -- first-degree sodomy and first-degree unlawful sexual penetration -- but said he could serve 20 months of one sentence concurrently. Jones gave Avery 75 months for the third count but said that sentence would be served concurrently.

The judge ordered that counts four and five be merged into counts one and two because, in effect, they were duplicative. That left Avery with a sentence to be served of 180 months. He is not eligible for early parole or time off for good behavior.

Jones said he considered in his decision the first-degree rape Avery committed when he was 17.

"A consecutive sentence is warranted," Jones said during the hearing. "The sentence is also based on the prior conviction and, to state the basis of the sentence succinctly, a breach of trust this extreme must result in a severe sentence."

Avery was convicted last week of forcing himself on a 17-year-old player in his program on Aug. 8, 2008, at a Lake Oswego home.

Because Avery's crimes included a Class A felony, he must register as a sex offender for life. If upon his release the parole board deems him a predatory sex offender, he will be barred from places where minors regularly congregate.

Before sentencing, prosecutor Mike Regan, senior deputy district attorney for Clackamas County, read a statement from the victim, who is 18 and recently started college.

"She has been getting multiple calls every day from other coaches, friends and players who feel guilty that they didn't see this coming," Regan read. "They apologize for not seeing the signs and not being able to prevent him from hurting her.

"Her message to them is they are not the guilty ones. Howard is the guilty one and he needs to pay for what he has done to her, many other women, and their families."

The Oregonian generally does not identify victims of sexual abuse.

Avery rejected a plea deal that would have resulted in just over half the sentence he received: 100 months, plus guilty pleas on the two most serious counts, the victim's father said. Instead Avery received close to what Regan recommended: 16 years, eight months.

Charles Moore, Avery's court-appointed lawyer, acknowledged that the events of that day were significant.

"We don't deny they are," Moore said. "And the impact is great. We don't deny that either."

But Moore argued that the sentences should be concurrent -- resulting in 100 months total -- because the crime was "one continuous episode," not separate ones. Jones disagreed, citing a law giving the court discretion in sentencing such cases.

Avery was ordered to pay more than $4,000 in restitution, attorney and other fees. He also must spend five years under postprison supervision after his release.

In making his sentencing recommendation, Regan made reference to but did not include numerous allegations against Avery made in news reports, including a 2003 investigation in The Oregonian.

In that article one player said that in the mid-1990s Avery initiated a yearlong sexual relationship with her, got her pregnant and paid for her abortion -- an account he later confirmed. That allegation was not prosecuted because the statute of limitations had run out.

"I didn't include (the printed allegations) because in a court of law, they are not sufficient as evidence," Regan said after the sentencing.

For years Avery intensively trained male and female players, positioning himself to their parents as a basketball guru. But he also showed a long pattern of troubling behavior with teenage girls, starting with the juvenile rape conviction uncovered by The Oregonian earlier this year through a public-records request.

Within 30 days, Avery will be transferred to the intake center at the Coffee Creek Correctional Facility in Wilsonville, where he will be evaluated and assigned to a prison. Avery will get credit for the six months he has served in Clackamas County Jail after his arrest in February.

"I think it's a huge step for the legal system and for girls basketball to rid themselves of someone of his influence," said Gary Lavender, Lake Oswego girls coach for 27 years and currently a private trainer. "I'm glad it's behind us."



--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------




HERE'S ANOTHER REPORT INWHICH COACH AVERYS USES HIS CHRISTIAN FAITH TO HUSSLE IN GULLIBLE, DUMB-ASS PARENTS WHO'RE EQUALLY XTIAN THEMSELVES!




http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/08/parents_of_victim_...

Coach Howard Avery won trust, then took advantage, parents say
by Rachel Bachman, The Oregonian
Wednesday August 26, 2009, 8:53 PM
OREGON CITY -- Howard Avery hugged every player after practice -- even the boys. He told them to study hard in school, spoke of his RELIGIOUS FAITH and said his troubling past was behind him.

The private basketball coach, once the most powerful of such trainers in Oregon, also teamed up with a married father with two young children to help revive his basketball program after The Oregonian published allegations in 2003 that he had had sexual contact with minors. And he seemed to have a warm relationship with his girlfriend, who sometimes attended practice.

"He earned our trust a little at a time," said the mother of the woman Avery was convicted last week of sexually abusing. "And that's how he got to us."

Avery, 52, faces sentencing today for his conviction on five counts of felony sex abuse in an Aug. 8, 2008, incident involving a 17-year-old. Two of those are Class A felonies in which Avery forced himself on the girl, meaning he faces a maximum prison sentence of more than 20 years and must register as a sex offender for life.

Sex offender warning signs
Predatory coaches often exhibit signs that they're straying from an appropriate coach-player relationship. The following behaviors could be cause for concern, according to the federal Center for Sex Offender Management:

• Making others uncomfortable by ignoring social, emotional, or physical boundaries or limits.

• Refusing to let a child set any of his or her own limits.

• Using teasing or belittling language to keep a child from setting a limit.

• Insisting on hugging, touching, kissing, tickling, wrestling with, or holding a child even when the child does not want this physical contact or attention.

• Turning to a child for emotional or physical comfort by sharing personal or private information or activities that are normally shared with adults.

• Frequently pointing out sexual images or telling inappropriate or suggestive jokes with children present.

• Exposing a child to adult sexual interactions without apparent concern.

Adheres to the christian faith

• Having secret interactions with teens or children (e.g., games, sharing drugs, alcohol, or sexual material) or spending excessive time e-mailing, text messaging, or calling children or youths.

• Being overly interested in the sexuality of a particular child or teen (e.g., talks repeatedly about the child's developing body or interferes with normal teen dating).

• Insisting on or managing to spend unusual amounts of uninterrupted time alone with a child.

• Frequently walking in on children/teens in the bathroom.

• Allowing children or teens to consistently get away with inappropriate behaviors.
Places to get help:

Portland Women's Crisis Line
crisis line: 503-235-5333 or 888-235-5333

For a list of victims' services statewide, go to SATF Oregon


The victim first started working with Avery in 2005, when her previous private coach brought him into the gym, the parents said. At their Oregon City home Wednesday, they spoke of Avery's careful image-crafting, victim grooming and calculated opportunism, just like a sneaky-ass christian piece ov shit.

The Oregonian generally does not identify victims of sexual abuse.

Avery trained kids who were serious about improving their skills and pursuing athletic scholarships. Workout locations ranged from churches to schools to a court at a private home, and parents often attended practices, the victim's parents said.

"Kids had to go to the restroom, he'd have another child go escort him," the mother said. "He never would even put himself in a (compromising) situation. Everything was always kind of open."

Avery frequently fetched workout tools: basketballs, cones and other equipment. On the day of the abuse, he explained to the victim as he drove her back from lunch between workouts in Lake Oswego that he needed to stop at a nearby house and pick some up.

But once they were inside the house, Avery forced himself on the girl, setting off a yearlong trauma that sent him to jail and left the victim and her younger sister, who also worked out with Avery, in counseling.

The girls' counselor said Avery was trying to make the girls accustomed to patterns of behavior, the mother said. "So that when he saw a window, it wasn't a red-flag behavior."

On the day of the crime, that window was the absence of the victim's sister, who was at a medical appointment. The victim's car ride with Avery and stop at the house was the only time she was alone with him, the parents said.

All along Avery had courted the parents, who are CHRISTIAN, by emphasizing his FAITH, they said.

"He tells me that he's found God," the father said, "the Bible verses and downloading Christian music for the girls."

Avery also touted his free coaching of players in Northeast Portland, where he grew up in poverty. He told the players whose parents had hired him, some of whom were well-off, that if they won basketball scholarships they could use the money their parents had saved for college to attend graduate school.

"That's how he sucked us all in," the mother said. "It all looked good on the outside."

Yet as he courted parents he told their daughters, "'Don't listen to your parents,'" the father recounted. "'What do they know?'"

Avery was referring to basketball, the father said, but said it so often that in hindsight, the parents wonder if Avery was trying to program the girls' thinking. They saw evidence that Avery held too much importance in his players' lives.

"Looking back on it now, every time (our daughter) was insecure about her ability she looked to Howard to gain approval," the mother said.

To parents who want to hire a private coach to improve their child's sports skills, these parents say: Research the coach. If you know of a problem coach, speak up. Don't assume everyone knows his past. And never leave your child alone with a coach.

"We thought we had that covered," the mother said. "Obviously that one day we did not."

Many victims of sex abuse feel they must have done something to cause the abuse, as the victim in this case testified she initially thought. Victims of well-known and liked coaches, especially, need to be lauded for coming forward, as the victim in this case has been, her parents said.

"He didn't just stop for 15 to 20 years," the father said of Avery, who several years ago confirmed The Oregonian's report that he impregnated a 16-year-old in the mid-1990s and paid for her abortion. "My message would be: He's behind bars. He's not going to get out for a really long time. And if you come forward at this point, he will never see the light of day. He'll be in there for life."

[Compound Egret]

Definitely a sad story with a perp that needs to be in the pen. The facts are bad enough. When you add your own commentary in the middle of the Oregon live article it just makes you look bad.