A man accused of sexually assaulting nine boys with physical or mental disabilities told a judge that having sex with children is a sacred ritual protected by civil rights laws.Then, I realized that human sacrifice, rape, murder, slavery, and general bad stuff in the Bible are justified every day (as being moral because God commanded it) by educated, intelligent people like this. In their view, God is sovereign over all things, and everything that happens in the end will bring God the highest glory (everything we witness is God's own plan). Should I really be surprised that someone sees the opportunity to hide behind God's coattails? If God commands it, who are we to question it? (c.f. Rom 9)Phillip Distasio, who said he is the leader of a church called Arcadian Fields Ministries, represented himself at his pretrial hearing Wednesday. He is charged with 74 counts including rape, pandering obscenity to minors and corrupting another with drugs.
"I'm a pedophile. I've been a pedophile for 20 years," he said in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court Wednesday. "The only reason I'm charged with rape is that no one believes a child can consent to sex. The role of my ministry is to get these cases out of the courtrooms."
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