Hell, what are you supposed to do if you run background checks and they don't turn up any convictions? At least the church made an attempt to suss out problems with the guy before they put him in the role.

Mr. Nichols was my science teacher in middle school(and maybe some other classes in High School, I forget), his wife was my band teacher(and jazz band, and bell choir, and she even played piano for a piano/sax duet piece I played one year for all-state) from 7-12th grade, and all their kids were our classmates. Karazy.

Oh, and you know what. I just want to throw this out there, I remember we had one teacher at that time(this was mid-late '90s) who was gay. Now this town was small, and this was a methodist school(the only private school around actually), and while I never got the complete details, from what I understand he was essentially forced out of his teaching position because he was gay and lived with his boyfriend. I'm sure some parents complained and I'm sure the school board complained, or who knows. The point is that this REALLY pissed me off, he was one of our best teachers. Maybe they should have been focusing their gaze elsewhere all that time? Hypocrites.

Huh, neither of them are "former" youth pastors today. I wonder if it's a trend.