Catholic Church Scandal!

Not Catholic and not sexual abuse just normal abuse
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A Louisiana pastor, who once competed on the reality TV series “Survivor”, has been convicted of child abuse after taping students’ mouths shut.

John Raymond, 62, was charged with cruelty to juveniles stemming from his disciplinary actions at a Christian school he founded in Slidell.

Raymond had openly admitted to the abuse in online posts, and on another occasion allegedly held his hand over the mouth of a four-year-old boy until the child went “limp.” He was charged with second-degree child cruelty over that incident.

Jurors reached guilty verdicts after only an hour on Monday following a six-day trial at district court in Covington, according to Nola.com.

Raymond’s sentencing date has not been set but he could spend decades behind bars. Child cruelty carries a sentence of up to 10 years in prison, and second-degree child cruelty carries up to a 40-year sentence.

Raymond competed on “Survivor: Thailand” in 2002 and was the first contestant to be voted off the island.

Raymond had maintained his innocence throughout the trial and claimed to have been the victim of “cancel culture.”

“I am not guilty. I’ve never been cruel to a child, and I love children,” he said after the verdict was returned.

However, Raymond did not deny taping the childrens’ mouths shut, and had provided a detailed account of one incident in a post to his school’s website in April 2022.

He claimed his actions, involving three students, had been in defense of a member of the teaching staff.

“I pulled out a roll of clear Scotch packing tape and said, ‘I’m going to give you a choice. We can either go downstairs and call your parents and you can wait in the lobby to be suspended, or you can get tape on your mouth and learn how to be quiet during class,’” he wrote.

“The students all chose tape and I pulled off one piece at a time and carefully placed it over their mouths making sure that it did not touch their nose or interfere with their breathing. At no time was tape wrapped around any student’s head.”……….

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...survivor-john-raymond-louisiana-b2619725.html