'I was wrong' Pastor Bobby Leonard says after telling churchgoers 'a man is a man' during sermon on sexual assault | YP7FB7D | 2024-02-25 19:08:01
Pastor Bobby Leonard of the Bible Baptist Tabernacle Church in Monroe, North Carolina – about 37 minutes southeast of Charlotte
A PASTOR has apologized after feedback he made about sexual assault victims during a sermon.
Pastor Bobby Leonard of the Bible Baptist Tabernacle Church in Monroe, North Carolina – about 37 minutes southeast of Charlotte -responded after some churchgoers protested his words.
A video of a sermon from final summer time went viral online – in it, he appeared in charge rape victims for their clothes.
"You'll discover more ladies in those locations with shorts than you'll ladies with pants and clothes put together," he stated.
"Should you gown like that and also you get raped and I'm on the jury, he's going to go free as a result of you understand, a man is a person. A man is a man."
Many individuals have referred to as on the pastor to resign or give up for what he stated.
Some members and former members of the church protested outdoors of the constructing through the providers, in response to ABC affiliate WSOC-TV.
Former member Ben Rudy explained why he was demonstrating outdoors of the constructing.
"It broke my coronary heart he would say something like that," he stated.
Jason King, an area Sunday faculty instructor, defined why he was so towards the pastor's comments.
"Rape is flawed and I don't care if a lady is walking round you within the nude it nonetheless shouldn't be right," he stated.
"It's still a man's selection whether he does incorrect or right."
The pastor's comments have been made in the summertime however the video resurfaced this week as it was shared by Christian investigative journalist Julie Roys, in accordance with CBS affiliate WBTV.
"I mean, I just couldn't consider that any pastor would truly assume this stuff, let alone say them out loud in a sermon," Roys stated.&
Roys additionally referred to as on the pastor to go away his job following the resurfacing of the video in an X, previously Twitter, post.
"Sure, a man is a person — not an animal. And HE is liable for controlling himself. This pastor must resign," she wrote.
Pastor Bobby has since apologized for his feedback with a message on the church's signal.
"I'm sorry for any harm, I was incorrect," the sign stated.
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