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Lord Haw Haw
A strict duty of care needs to be dealt with. Whether it is a family unit, church or temple, school etc.
The safety of a child is the most important aspect.
Keep in mind Apollo, Mr Dave McKay, would not be the only person in the world to have this view. I do hope you are as passionate about bringing other soft on pedophiles to the same standard.
The Catholic Church, Islam and Fundamentalist Mormons, all have had major issues in reagds to child abuse claims. And they all need to be held unaccoutnable.
It appears Mr Dave McKay is a product of the world around us, where even our own senators and congressmen appear soft when it comes to child abuse and pedophillia.
Minors by all means can even say yes to sex. But it does not take away from the act, that adults, with an adult mentality need to know the law and that it is illegal to do such actions.
If anyone i knew touched one of my two kids, i would not be hesitant to use al my resources necessary to wreck them. Soft on pedophilles, tend to be that way as they have never experienced first hand the lasting affects it can have on a child.
If Mr Mckay knowingly let a pedophile, become a member, he has failed in his duty of care, and is no better than the man or woman who touched the children.
If he had no clue at the time when the member seeked memebrship, it is just sheer stupidity on his part, and our only hope was that this man or woman was never left alone with children. The example you do give Apollo, shows that he was left unattended.
Dave McKay and the Jesus Christians HAVE failed in their duty of care. Protecting the safety of children has never been high up on their list of priorities. Protecting the image of the group will always take priority over everything else.
There's no doubt other denominations have their own issues regarding child abuse however in comparison to the size of the group (never above 30 at any one time) the Jesus Christians have been responsible for child abuse on a huge scale.
The abuser in question was a Mr Bruce Steel. Mr Steel was a known paedophile yet he was invited into the group before being sent to India to work in a two man team selling books. In which time he was able to abuse a minimum of 18 beggar children. The man confessed to the group however they did not report him to the police. He was instead sent back to Australia where a friend, who was not associated to the group, managed to convince him to hand himself into the police. There's absolutely no doubt Mr McKay failed in his duty of care.
Two other Jesus Christians are also known to have abused children. Neither has been reported to the police and one of them was sent to Kenya where he was allowed to work closely with vulnerable children. The Jesus Christians have a base in Kenya and they often work closely with children.
During Mr McKay's long association with the Children of God members of the group were often invited to stay at the McKay family home. This was at a time when the Children of God were notorious for ''flirty fishing'' and child abuse. Mr McKay was willing to risk the safety of his own children so that gives you an idea of the sort of individual we are dealing with here.