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Where are all the religious “men of God” in Jacksonville when we need them to speak out?
A judge here in my hometown of Jacksonville, Florida, has agreed to modify the terms of Darrell Gilyard’s probation to once again allow him access to children, to “minister to children” – so long as the children are in the presence of another adult. Read Bob Allen’s coverage of the story here.
Gilyard is the “pedophile preacher” who plead guilty in 2009 to lewd and lascivious acts, including molestation of a 12-15 year old, with two girls in his church at Shiloh Metropolitan Baptist Church. He spent three years in jail, and when he got out of the slammer, he was hired by Christ Missionary Baptist Tabernacle as their preacher man. But the kiddos weren’t allowed in his presence because he is a sexual predator. The man is a registered sex offender in our state. Click here to see his registration with the FDLE.
But now a judge has agreed to allow him access to kids once again. And apparently the State Attorney’s office – that would be Angela Corey’s office – didn’t object to the modification. This is absolutely insane, because the adults who will be supervising Gilyard’s access to potential child victims, are adults who themselves don’t have enough sense to not subject THEMSELVES to Gilyard’s manipulation – manipulation and abuse of adult women that that he has admitted to in other churches in Texas.
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