Something Odd About This Story
by tristero
Something strikes me as truly weird about this story. See if you agree:
The Dyersburg Youth Minister accused of raping a 14 year old girl has resigned from his position as Youth Minister of Music at Springhill Baptist Church.
44 year old Timothy Byars submitted his resignation to the church’s pastor over the phone. Byars was released from jail in Knoxville Sunday November 19, 2006 on a $50,000 bond.
The teenage girl claims Byars raped her while she, Byars and three other young girls were attending a track meet in East Tennessee.
While the investigation continues in the case, Springhill Baptist Church Pastor, James Branscum says he and the church members will pray for Byars.
Police say Byars may have also raped another young girl in Nashville.
See what I mean? Pastor Branscum says he and his church members will pray for the accused rapist. And that is very Christian of them, I”m sure.
But I think they forgot someone else to pray for. Maybe two someone elses…
By the way, Here’s another story about the case::
A 14-year-old girl said Coach Timothy Byars, 44, raped her while at a tournament over the weekend in East Tennessee.
Knoxville Police said the attack happened in a parking lot, as Byars, his two daughters, the victim and her older sister slept in his SUV before a track meet. The girl text messaged her parents after the attack happened.
Her parents flew to East Tennessee to get their daughter. Soon after, Knoxville Police arrested Byars for rape.
A 19-year-old also accused Byars of inappropriate behavior, and said he touched her inappropriately as she drove the team van through Nashville.
“It was not a situation of it occurring just for a second or two. She said the inappropriate contact occurred for a time as they were on I-40, we believe in Nashville,” Metro Police spokesperson Don Aaron said.
This little detail leaped out at me:
In Dyersburg, people found the allegations against the father of seven hard to believe.
Sounds like maybe we got one of those staunch, pious Quiverfull patriarchs the press has been fawning over recently.
A perverse question. Let’s say the girl was in fact raped and becomes pregnant. Do you think Byars could win if he sued to prevent an abortion? After all, the rightwing has been shrieking for years on the subject of the father’s rights in re: abortion.
Like I said, a perverse question, but it wouldn’t surprise me in the slightest if someday it happens, even if not in this case.