Ew X 3 for Jesus,

Schools have very strict guidelines on adult volunteer interaction w kids- you basically can't be alone with a kid that's not your own. Churches that don't adopt simular guidelines should be held culpable if something like these cases happens.

I want to know what constitutes "taking a decent liberty with a child."

The first one doesn't seem all that clear cut. I mean, this is a girl dealing with puberty and perhaps wanting to experiment and explore sexuality and perhaps stuck with restrictive hyper-religious parents who want to give her the Tori Amos "Icicle" treatment, and she finds someone who will help her. I suppose you could argue it's still creepy that it's a guy, but it seems like, if a young girl has no one else to turn to in that department, then what? I suppose there's more to the story and it could be that he really did have nefarious intent. Or maybe he should have pointed her in someone else's direction instead of being the person to provide, but perhaps there aren't a whole lot of other sympathetic people in the rural outskirts of Yuma. I mean, just listen to the church's original plea:

"We have faith that god has established a system to properly handle the situation and we must allow the system to work."

That system they are talking about "that God established" is the US (or Arizona) justice system. Eek. And while we're talking about that system, let's see how they characterize sex toys:

"The State of Arizona is charging your client with one count of furnishing harmful materials to a minor"

Harmful materials! Yeah, is that what Dan would call them? I think not.

@5 Indeed. I wonder if buying sex toys was just the thing they could prove, and there was other abuse as well? I read this and wondered, if I helped my younger siblings get sex toys, would I be committing a sex crime? Does it matter that I'm a woman and so are they?

@5 and @6:
Criminal?: Arguable. Insanely Inappropriate?: Guilty.

Mr Virginia is hot! I'd do him, but I guess he'll be getting plenty of action in prison without me.