tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12391603.post116310072683108722..comments2024-03-24T23:41:23.944-07:00Comments on Talk Wisdom: Disturbing News From Survivors and Victims EmpoweredChristinewjchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18434229284833642438noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12391603.post-1163124094748714582006-11-09T18:01:00.000-08:002006-11-09T18:01:00.000-08:00Jaded,What a terrible situation you were in with t...Jaded,<BR/><BR/>What a terrible situation you were in with that guy. How chilling it must have been to realize that you had a sex predator in your own home!! That's awful!!<BR/><BR/>Some people lead deceptive, double lives and it often makes me wonder if we can trust <I>anyone</I> anymore!<BR/><BR/>I just watched the segment on O'Reilly. The mayor sounded like a real a** er IDIOT!! He was complaining about the sting operation in his town, but got caught lying right on the air several times by the Perverted Justice guy!<BR/><BR/>Sure shows the truth of the verse that says:<BR/><BR/>Jer 17:9 The heart [is] deceitful above all [things], and desperately wicked: who can know it?Christinewjchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18434229284833642438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12391603.post-1163103665674354712006-11-09T12:21:00.000-08:002006-11-09T12:21:00.000-08:00From what I read when this story first surfaced, D...From what I read when this story first surfaced, Dateline had no direct contact with this man. He didn't actually show up at the sting house, although they expected him to. Because they were able to track his identity, they went directly to him first. Since he was never actually part of the actual Dateline program, I think the program should be ok.<BR/><BR/>I remember the first time I saw one of their shows. Perverted Justice was giving all of the information to law enforcement in Virginia, and they were doing nothing with it. My husband and I sat there in total disbelief! We were thrilled when police became part of the actual operations.<BR/><BR/>This is a subject that touches a nerve with me, because it's often the people you'd least expect. I had a student for a couple of years who was a beautiful, vibrant, outgoing Christian girl. She did all sorts of volunteer work, was the president of her high school's Habitat for Humanity group, she visited the elderly in nursing homes....you name it, she did it. She decided to do an exchange program in Ecuador for a summer. Her dad went with her to make sure things were ok, and left after 10 days. After they dropped him off at the airport for his trip home, she returned to her host family's house to take a shower. The propane tank that heated the hot water was right outside the bathroom window, and was apparently leaking. She died in the shower before her father even got home.<BR/><BR/>Naturally, the family was devastated. They were a very tight-knit, Christian family and they were always there to lend a hand. They started foundations in her name, built a HFH house in her name, built and dedicated parks in her name etc. Her father had been a high-powered executive in the casino industry, but he gave up his job to become a Spanish teacher, in honor of his daughter. She loved the language, and wanted to teach, so he decided to do it for her. <BR/><BR/>During his second year of teaching in the local high school, the same one his daughter attended prior to her death, the police showed up. He was caught in a huge child porn/internet sting. He was soliciting sexual encounters from teenage girls, passing explicit videos and pictures to children and had hundreds of child pornography photos/videos both on his home computer AND the one at school. His wife had no idea! Nobody did. He'd been in my home, although only occasionally, but I'd known the family for years. They attended my church! As if the death of a child wasn't bad enough, this horrific thing tore the family apart. His wife left him and he's estranged from his other daughter. I know I should probably have compassion for him, but I honestly don't. I do pray for him, but, what he did was horrific.Jadedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01429987593716194512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12391603.post-1163102049575037882006-11-09T11:54:00.000-08:002006-11-09T11:54:00.000-08:00I think we are on the same page with this one.We h...I think we are on the same page with this one.<BR/><BR/>We had a show here in New Zealand which showed men picking up <I>underage</I> prostitutes. When the police came they told off the TV people and didn't arrest any of the men involved.Andrew is getting fithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12509663563205981548noreply@blogger.com