Missouri pastor suspended after church learns she managed Epstein's private island

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (WDAF) — A pastor in Missouri was suspended last week after it was discovered she worked for and managed the private island of late-sex offender Jeffrey Epstein for nearly a year.

On Thursday, Bishop Robert Farr of the Missouri Conference of The United Methodist Church placed Rev. Stephanie L. Remington on leave, pending a review by the episcopal office.

Remington reportedly worked as Epstein’s administrative assistant and temporary property manager of his private island, Little Saint James, from August 2018 to May 2019. Epstein was arrested just two months later, in July 2019, for sex trafficking crimes, and then died in his cell by alleged suicide in August.

Despite having worked closely with the disgraced financier, Remington told United Methodist (UM) News that she never saw Epstein or anyone commit abuse on the island. However, she did admit that when she accepted the job she knew Epstein was a registered sex offender who had served 18 months for the conviction.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/missouri-pastor-suspended-church-learns-221256982.html

[Srkdqltr]

1. No s**t?? Good grief.

[Johnny2X2X]

2. No surprise

A lot of these churches are absolute cesspools and the power dynamic in them all but guarantees abuse.

[Skittles]

11. biggest child groomers on the planet

HUGE enablers of pedos, too

[ShazzieB]

18. Does the United Methodist Church have a rep for this sort of thing?

If so, I'm not aware of it.

I'm hoping you didn't mean ALL churches / religions, because that's much too broad a brush, imo. As we all know, pedophiles can be found anywhere, but not every religion or Christian denomination has the same sloppy 🙈🙉🙊approach to handling these problems as say, the Catholic Church, the LDS, or certain fundamentalist/evangelical denominations.

[Skittles]

21. I am not impressed by ANY religion

I just wish they would keep their sanctimonious nonsense to themselves.

[Midnight Writer]

3. "She never saw...anyone commit abuse"? Did she see that the sex offender was surrounded by underage girls?

I never saw my parents have sex, but I know they slept in the same bed for 40 years and had seven children together.

My deduction is that my parents were, indeed, having sex.

Her conclusion seemed to be "If I don't see it, it is not happening". See no evil, hear no evil, keep your mouth shut.

[3catwoman3]

12. "...my parents were, indeed, having sex"

This reminds me of something a long ago high school classmate of mine said, when he first learned about the mechanics of reproduction - “My parents did that 3 times?” He was the oldest of 3 brothers.

[RockRaven]

4. Everyone at that church is gonna lie to themselves that she was an isolated incident

and an outlier instead of the truth that everyone working there is some sort of opportunistic grifter/scumbag/parasite. Because that is the nature of churches. But the public image is what matters, that's what quiets the cognitive dissonance, so getting rid of the one where it is staring everyone in the face is enough.

[Linda ladeewolf]

5. Oh, I am surprised!

Here in part of the bible belt? What will people think.

[Rebl2]

15. Bible Belt

some of the worst

[malaise]

6. Oh my

What a goon squad of deplorables

[Wonder Why]

7. All she saw was a holy man with his "nieces", I guess.

[California Kid]

8. alleged suicide....

my ass!

[littlemissmartypants]

10. Given a choice between causes of death, what would you suggest?

[irisblue]

9. Still #NotADragQueen

Rape enabler yes, drag queen no

[xuplate]

13. Subpoena her.

[Scalded Nun]

14. I'd say she is qualified for a cabinet position with Trump

[Warpy]

16. Another total scumbag hiding behind yhe cross

Why am I not surprised?

[patphil]

17. The Methodists need to throw this woman out.

She was on the island for 9 months and never saw anything?
The article didn't say she was blind and deaf.

[not fooled]

19. She concealed this part of her employment history

If she wasn't suspicious that it would reflect badly on her, why did she lie on her resume?

And who believes she didn't see a bunch of creepy sh*t inside the buildings while she was there, even if no active abuse was taking place at the time?

[intheflow]

20. So she was a pastor already, and had served churches before this time?

I mean, I know pastors don't get paid that much but this seems like a really weird career trajectory.

[Bongo Prophet]

22. ""The pay may be low, but the perks are amazing!" nt