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Gary Eaches, pastor of United Baptist Church (an American Baptist congregation) in Scranton, Pennsylvania stands accused of plying a teenager with alcohol and marijuana and then sexually assaulting her.
According to court paperwork, Gary Eaches of Scranton gave a 16-year-old girl alcohol and marijuana and then improperly touched her.
Police say they later responded to Eaches home after he was found depressed and suicidal.
Police say Eaches admitted to the assault and told officers he recently lost his job at United Baptist Church in Scranton.
Gary Eaches is locked up on $50,000 bail and faces assault and other charges.
Eaches’ last posted on Twitter May 3, 2020. Here’s what he tweeted:
Based on the aforementioned news report, Pastor Eaches Peaches is now known for sexually assaulting a teen girl. Too bad he wasn’t against such behavior.
Eaches’ name and bio has already been scrubbed from United Baptist’s website. Other Christian websites have also deleted Eaches’ sermon and music videos.
Eaches’ handle on YouTube is “Scandalous Christian.” Eaches mentions on social media that he suffers from addiction and mental illness. As someone who has battled depression most of his adult life, I do wonder whether Eaches should have been a pastor. Knowing the rigors of the ministry, was it really wise to put Eaches in a position where his mental health issues could be exacerbated, and, perhaps, lead to addiction problems? Or were these issues minimized, believing that Jesus was the cure for what ailed Pastor Eaches?
Bruce Gerencser, 66, lives in rural Northwest Ohio with his wife of 45 years. He and his wife have six grown children and thirteen grandchildren. Bruce pastored Evangelical churches for twenty-five years in Ohio, Texas, and Michigan. Bruce left the ministry in 2005, and in 2008 he left Christianity. Bruce is now a humanist and an atheist.
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This Baptist pastor Gary Eaches was given a four year prison term for sexual assault. it was listed on wnep.com back in July 20 2021. the conviction and sentence was also on the thetimes-tribune.com. website on either July 20 or July 21 2021.
I prefer you send me links to news stories so I can properly update the stories.
Thanks.
Bruce
https://yok.ee/shared/EaPWAdcHzv/Hank+Williams+Jr./Whiskey+Bent+And+Hell+Bound This is a link to the one-time pastor Gary Eaches singing the Hanks Williams JR. Song ” Whiskey Bent and Hell-Bound”. That in itself should have been a warning sign of the mental instability of Gary Eaches. I hope this link comes up. It is from his twitter account.