I guess we need to restate the point of the thread. We all acknowledge that Pedophilia/homosexuality/illicit heterosexual behavior exist in all segments of the world, even all religions. The problem at least from a Pedophilia and homosexuality standpoint is when a crime is committed against children and the guilty goes unpunished. If a Baptist Paster committed an offense against a child, not only would he/she lose their church but they would go to jail. In addition once he/she was released from jail they would have to register as a sex offender. There is no one in our church hierarchy that would sweep it under the rug. I personally have not heard of a minister having relations with a child but I have seen several caught having affairs with either coworkers or members of the church. The one case I can speak first hand about , the minister had heterosexual relations with a coworker, and he was forced to retire. The church I went to had a church worker found accessing gay porn on his computer and he was immediately dismissed. Since neither of these cases were committed against a child there were no civil laws violated. In both cases though there were consequences for their actions.