Pastor Uses Blog to Expose Web Ad Promoting Pedophilia
by Jim Brown
August 3, 2005
(AgapePress) - A support group for "gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and questioning youth" in Virginia is being accused of encouraging illegal sexual interaction between men and boys.
Atlanta Pastor DL Foster recently noted on his personal web log that the Richmond Organization for Sexual Minority Youth (ROSMY) had an ad on its website endorsing pedophilia. The ad asked "all ROSMY men and boys" if they wanted "to do to some of Richmond's hottest gay clubs for free" or "educate men about the importance of safe sex and condom use."
Shortly after Pastor Foster exposed ROSMY on his blog, he says the group took down its ad.
"[B]ecause young people are vulnerable, because they are at a place where they can be taken advantage of sexually by older men who are already in the homosexual lifestyle, I just find [that type of thing] alarming, right on its face," the pastor exclaims.
Foster heads Witness Ministries, a group that helps those in the black community who have unwanted homosexual issues. Since using his blog to expose the group's ad, the pastor says he has heard from individuals like "Mark," who used to attend ROSMY youth groups.
"What Mark said, and I quote, was that at times they had guys up to 24 with 14-year-olds. He said the topics were always highly sexual, and the truth is, we had a lot of sex afterwards," Foster continues. "He said that he was 14 at the time, and this was three years ago."
ROSMY is receiving financial support from Wachovia Securities, Capitol One, GE Financial, and Hunton & Williams. The group's event coordinator, Gregg Johnson, refused to grant an interview for this article.
Jim Brown, a regular contributor to AgapePress, is a reporter for American Family Radio News, which can be heard online.
