MISSISSIPPI
Cottonmouth
File this one under “H” for hypocrite.
Speaker Philip Gunn (R-Clinton) has introduced “The Mississippi Child Protection Act of 2012” today, which is almost identical to bills he has filed in the past. In that bill, Gunn seeks to make it illegal to not report suspected child sex abuse to authorities within 48 hours of gaining knowledge of it.
Why is that hypocritical? Well, Gunn became aware sometime in the last 18 months of allegations that the children’s music minister at his church, Morrison Heights Baptist in Clinton, had molested young boys. According to some, Gunn then went on to try to quiet those reporting the alleged crimes. He then went even further, instructing the members of his deacon committee (of which he is chairman) to not cooperate with law enforcement investigating the now-indicted abuse cases against the minister.
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