Former World Series MVP, an Outspoken Christian, Charged With Raping 4-Year-Old

Former World Series MVP, an Outspoken Christian, Charged With Raping 4-Year-Old

BY HEMANT MEHTA

JANUARY 16, 2019

John Wetteland was the World Series MVP for the New York Yankees in 1996. His career as a closer was as notable as his open faith, the subject of a profile in the New York Times a year earlier, when he talked about how vital Jesus was to his life:

“I honestly try and walk with Jesus Christ every day, ”he said, describing his most important relationship, more important than his relationship with his wife.

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“My relationship with Jesus Christ is not lip service,” he said. “It is of utmost importance to me. It is even more important than my relationship with my wife. I know that my wife considers her relationship with Him more important than her relationship with me. Ultimately, that’s who I’m going to have to face. That’s going to be a great day.“

Okay. Sure. We can all roll your eyes and move on. But after his retirement, and outside of stints as a bullpen coach for major league baseball teams, he also taught Bible classes at a private Christian high school in Texas.

He was known for his faith as much as he was known for baseball. At least that’s the way he presented himself during interviews.

Keep all of that in mind when you find out why he got arrested on Monday:

Wetteland, 52, has been charged with one count of continuous sexual abuse of a child younger than 14.

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He forced a relative to perform a sex act on him, according to his arrest-warrant affidavit, beginning in 2004 when the child was 4 years old. It happened two other times during a two-year period, the accuser told police.

The alleged 2004 incident would have occurred after his days as a baseball player, but before he was teaching at the Christian high school. In other words, it would have taken place while he was still telling people about how great of a Christian he was.

One of Wetteland’s children denied the allegations on Facebook and said they could be disproven — we’ll see about that. But if he’s ultimately convicted of the abuse, he would be only the latest outspoken Christian saint who is privately a monster.

https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2019/01/16/former-world-series-mvp-an-outspoken-christian-charged-with-raping-4-year-old/

Smallcock said:

What happened to innocent until proven guilty?

I recall watching a video of two women somewhere in South America stabbing, cutting, and beheading a man. They cut straight down the middle of his body between the rib cages and down to his intestines. All while he was alive. It was hell. Turns out the women had watched a tv show earlier about a child abuser and the man they were murdering looked like him. But it was a different guy.

Rule of law is what separates us from third world shitholes. Tread carefully lest you be the unfortunate innocent target some day.

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Third world shitholes are the least likely to care about pedophiles, especially somewhere like South America.

However the response to this thread seems pretty political due to who the perp is.

shack said:

It is not the religion itself. It is the fact that he used his religion to portray himself as being of a higher moral fibre. That is hypocrisy. Actually, it doesn't matter what religion he was vocal about adhering to and promoting his higher morality. And if he was atheist the story would still be news but he wouldn't have been a religious hypocrite.

My pleasure explaining it to you. I can also help you with the concept of global warming.

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I can't believe that this ALWAYS has to be explained to right wingers.