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Not the person you replied to but
In his "defense", one picture from his time working for LaRouche included holding a poster of Obama with a Hitler mustache for some protest. By all means, I could see a group like that being crazy conspiracy theorists concocting some crazy plot to hurt him. But he was a part of that group. He's now a part of a different crazy conspiracy group. He could maybe try a group that isn't full of crazy conspiracy theorists. But then he might not feel at home.
Good Lord. Yeah I mean, that doesn't sound super believable. 14 year old going through with what their parents want? Nah. He fuckin diddled that kid.
Again not defending him but, I could easily see a 14 year old in a cult going along with what their parents or other authoritative figures say.
That being said, the part that doesn't pass the sniff test for me is the grand jury indictment. Abuse cases like that are notoriously hard to prove in court (in part due to kids not making the most reliable witnesses). If a grand jury brought charges, I'm more inclined to believe there was enough smoke to investigate for the fire.
Could also try a group that doesn't have as a core uniting value the hatred and distrust of black people, you know, if you are one.
It's really not his fault. As a conservative, he's been trained to ignore conservative sexual deviance, especially if it involves kids, and more especially from a religious leader. Could you imagine trying to find a group that would accept a black child molesting religious leader? Much easier to ~~hide~~ not disclose that and be accepted as the black religious leader.