I explained my obsession with Pastor Mark Driscoll’s plagiarism to someone on Facebook today:
Admittedly it’s a foolhardy endeavor, like spitting in the wind. If enough people like a minister, he can be as dishonest as he wants to be and get away with it, just like our elected officials. So far, Driscoll’s “accountability team” and alleged Christian publishing house Tyndale are A-OK with breaking standards that would get me fired, or get any kid in my classes a failing grade and a permanent mark on his academic record. I shouldn’t be so worked up about it, though, considering in the Roman Catholic Church, priests can rape children and the worst that will happen is they’ll get moved to a new church. So that’s the power of Christian ministry for you: cheat or molest, because either way, your job is secure! Praise the Lord, who must be sleeping.
As it would happen, a little more than 3 hours ago (from the time I’m writing this), NorthlandsNewsCenter.com in Minnesota posted “Bishop Sirba releases names of 17 priests accused of sexual abuse in Duluth Diocese,” which read in part:
Duluth Bishop Paul Sirba has released the names of 17 priests who have been credibly accused of sexually abusing children in the [Roman Catholic] Duluth Diocese.
During a news conference, officials with the Duluth Diocese said the priests on the list have been removed from the church, are under investigation or were deceased before the accusations were known.
Officials also released the names of five other priests with ties to the area who have been accused while working in other ministries.
The Diocese says the the accusations of sexual abuse range from 1950 to 2013.
“The release of this information underscores a sad truth that must be acknowledged: Over the last 65 years, a number of clergy members in the Diocese of Duluth have violated the sacred trust placed in them by children, youth and their families,” says Bishop Sirba.
Read the entire article here.
Meanwhile, if you haven’t already seen it, more book publishers and authors might have been victims of Driscoll’s plagiarism.
Related articles
- Duluth Diocese Releases Names Of Accused Priests (minnesota.cbslocal.com)
- Mark Driscoll Doesn’t Just Plagiarize Books, He Plagiarizes Tweets (zwingliusredivivus.wordpress.com)
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Don’t feel bad, I have been accused of being obsessed with Hank Hanegraaff. After my book, Hard Questions for the Bible Answer Man came out in 2009 I received a lot of negative feedback from many of HH’s followers. They accused me of all types of things, all the while never caring that their beloved “scholar” was a total fraud. He too did his share of plagiarizing but most of the people do not seem to want to believe it or care because he is in some ways successful.
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