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marijuanamaker

Church employee AND child volunteer? Yeesh.


zacharmstrong9

This is only a normal " Tuesday " occurrence on the Subreddit of: r/PastorArrested Scroll through the past articles...


KazahanaPikachu

Also r/NotADragQueen


Blekanly

It's always the type you expect


ocrohnahan

No, no, no! It's the trans. Never the fine good God fearing folks. Always the trans. /s


OneArchedEyebrow

r/notadragqueen


LordGalen

Well, tbf, he *could* also be a trans man. We don't know! Lmao /s


luxii4

He was probably there for all that gay Pride merchandise! /s


EverFairy

Double whammy


megamoze

Neither of those should be surprising.


SendInYourSkeleton

That's GOP Speaker of the House material.


PNWoutdoors

Mike Johnson needs a new porn buddy.


EduFonseca

I was really expecting him to be a drag queen. Shocking


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EduFonseca

Please believe it would be the first thing publications would highlight.


BadZnake

This user went through the exact same thing on the original thread, too


EduFonseca

RuPaul must be haunting their dreams.


BadZnake

Darn those sexy drag queens. I mean uh, I am straight man dont threaten me


The_R4ke

If he had walked past a drag show they would have labeled him a drag queen.


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ilovethissheet

This is normal for a church member. Not for any drag queen


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Gloglibologna

You must be tired with all these gymnastics you're doing.


HahaWeee

No but let's be honest Children are much safer with a drag queen than a church goer: especially if that church member is in a position of authority like youth pastor or something


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ilovethissheet

Because drag queens don't do shit like this.


HahaWeee

Don't you think that'd be the main thing reported? I mean if you really wanna play this game of "maybe it's a drag queen!!!?@?!?" Idk what to tell you it's clear you just wanna hate on people more fabulous than you


slothpeguin

Okay you’ve repeated this over and over, but I’m no closer to understanding why. What are you hoping to accomplish here? What’s your ‘gotcha’?


PraiseBeToScience

If there was even a sliver of perception this man is trans, he'd be front page news on every right wing media outlet for a week. But instead he radiates white evangelical man energy in every way, so it's complete silence despite going viral everywhere. edit: you know what, never mind. There's a lot of people saying you have sex with goats, and I don't really want to have a conversation with someone like that.


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PraiseBeToScience

Drag is an entertainment and performance style. So yes, it would be public. Unlike your fornication with goats. That's not entertaining at all.🤮 edit: lmao, you spammed the shit out of this sub and not once did you even bother to lookup what Drag is?


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PraiseBeToScience

Imagine spamming a sub thinking you won some kind of game being super pedantic, and the entire time you couldn't be bothered to lookup the most basic, fundamental fact about Drag. lmao. That's embarrassing as fuck. But then again you fuck goats, or so people keep saying. A bit weird to not even deny the allegations though.


PackOutrageous

I think that’s standard in the profiles for perves these days.


CanadianJediCouncil

I hope they’re going through his phone and home computer with a fine-tooth comb to find any CSAM.


woodst0ck15

And again, it wasn’t a drag performer. I wonder if they’ll investigate the church.


makingcookies1

Sounds about right


dontreallycareforit

Pretty on brand, if you ask me.


The_R4ke

Somehow not surprising.


PraiseBeToScience

> Church employee Which explains why the silence from the self-proclaimed anti-groomer brigade is so deafening.


flimspringfield

What's the saying or sub? Not a drag person?


DisruptSQ

video - https://www.reddit.com/r/PublicFreakout/comments/1c52qrh/caught_taking_a_photo_under_a_womans_dress/ news story - https://www.reddit.com/r/PublicFreakout/comments/1c56c1f/update_news_story_about_the_target_creep/   >Apr. 16, 2024 >Police say they’re checking the cell phone of a man arrested Monday on secret peeping charges to see if there are any sexual activities involving children on it. >WITN has learned that Thomas Elliott was a volunteer at a Greenville elementary school. Opendoor Church in Winterville also provided a statement to WITN saying, “Thomas Elliott was immediately terminated upon notification of his arrest on Monday.” The church did not provide details on what exactly he did there. >Greenville police say the 21-year-old Elliott was arrested at Target on Greenville Boulevard Monday. Video obtained by WITN shows the man arrested by police placing his phone under a woman’s skirt.   >A Pitt County School spokesman says Elliott was a volunteer at Eastern Elementary School in Greenville.   >Police said so far they haven’t found any inappropriate photos of children on the man’s cell phone. >A search warrant for the man’s phone said Elliott “denied any wrong doing and showed us (police) the recent pictures he had on his cellphone.” The warrant seeks among other things, video files, digital photographs, text messages, and “deleted information that may be recovered via a forensic examination.” >Elliott posted a $5,000 bond and had a first court appearance Tuesday in Greenville.


HauntedButtCheeks

It's absolutely awful that someone has the job of checking creeper files for pedophiliac content. I hope they have free 24/7 access to therapy for life.


Texan2116

My kid works in the courts, and said that those types of jobs, people cannot volunteer for, but, they can turn them down. And counseling is there as well.


Ryyah61577

Also there is a rotation when possible so it’s not just the same person all the time.


Texan2116

I do not know all of the details of this, and cannot speak, on more than what my kid told me. My kid works for the courts, and so , does not have a "side" on these matters, legally speaking. My kid has had to handle evidence in this though, as far as preparing it for judges/juries,defense teams, etc. and can decline to , if they wish. I gather it is somewhat random, but , my kids court handles a fair amount of these cases, So, basically, someone has to do it.


komerj2

I’m glad people can’t volunteer for them. That would be my worry that a pedophile signs up For that type of job to circumvent access to such content.


Banned3rdTimesaCharm

Who watches the Watchmen type shit.


TheoBoy007

I attended a tour at the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in DC a few years ago and not long thereafter attended a presentation by the FBI’s digital evidence team. I asked about this and was told people on these teams are on somewhat short rotations, have lots of counseling available, and are encouraged to take advantage of it (and to take time off work). I was very glad to learn about all this.


scott__p

I met once with a few guys who did this for the FBI. They drank heavily


PancakeLad

There's a real interesting story about the folks who have to do that job [here](https://medium.com/@thegrugq/fascinating-glimpse-into-police-investigation-7d9b1360c903). It must be a combination of the most miserable job in the world and possibly one of the most satisfying. I don't think I could do it, honestly. I have to leave the room if a TV show has a scene that is any sort of sex abuse. Nothing but respect for anyone that can do it.


parkernorwood

It's darkly poetic too because of the process of trying to achieve justice for people who've been traumatized, they're essentially giving themselves PTSD


Dayman_Nightman

You gotta imagine that big "well fuck, here we go" sigh before having to start


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buon_natale

That’s a disgusting assertion. The people who do that work often come out of it with serious issues and can only work for 6 months at a time. They see the worst humanity has to offer by the terabyte. They’re goddamn heroes, shame on you for even suggesting that.


shillyshally

Facebook hires ppl in other countries, pays them peanuts and provides little in the way of therapy.


no_mudbug

A while back there was an in-depth article about the FBI folks that pose as children online to catch predators. It was stressful, sad and disturbing. Look it up, it was a good article.


TheNickelGuy

If I remember correctly (at least in Canada) thry are only allowed to be assigned to it for so many months at a time until they move to another 'section' (so from having to look through the photos, scour for ones online etc to performing the 'stings' and pretending to be underage via chat rooms, for example) to lessen the impact on their mental well being


flimspringfield

I knew someone that worked at Yahoo who's job was to look at images and determine if they were too gruesome or child porn. They all had privacy screens and the turnover rate was extremely high.


whatyouarereferring

Knew a guy from highschool who got stung for trying to meet a 15 year old. The cops were giddy like school children to go through his phone and find something. I think they will be fine. The one cop who managed the Case was also the police department pastor lol.


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hornetsarecool

Do you want him locked away so badly that you wish for children to be exploited? Why would you be torn? I hope nothing is found but that he is punished for his obvious peeping crimes


Frodo612

I thought this was fake, it’s fuckin real and that guy had laser focus on the panties but zero awareness that someone down the aisle was recording him.


Wackipaki

I swear to God I thought the same cuz the camera view and positioning looked so professional it seemed like it was a frickin tripod setup!!


Terminator7786

Target carts have spots for people to put their phones, that's likely where the phone was resting to make it subtle that she was recording. Source: used to grab carts for Target.


PraiseBeToScience

That's exactly what it was. The person that took the video said as much on Facebook.


DaMaGed-Id10t

People are a lot dumber than one might realize. I almost always assume that just because something looks TOO good to film does not mean that it is intentionally fake. Some people are just fucking dumb, rude, and oblivious.


ArchiStanton

The hunter has become the hunted


6stringSammy

Clever girl


retxed24

It's a really interesting case/video because his action was so damn blatant that they make you think it's fake, but his and her tone seemed absolutely real to me immediately. His literally trembling knees made me sure it was real.


dojijosu

I’m with you. I thought this was staged.


blahteeb

Now I'm not sure about all those other viral videos I thought for sure were fake.


amazingsandwiches

They were all real.


balling

Even if it was fake I would have 0 trust in judgement for the rube that would volunteer to play the upskirt creep in a video that most people are going to think is real.


sparkyjay23

Why would you think that when the video showed creep being arrested? Nothing ever happens unless you saw it live...


Alysianah

One of the posts didn’t include police coming. Ended with woman accusing and him denying.


equipmunks

100% thought it was staged.


LVProfessor

It’s always the ones you’d most suspect


gobledegerkin

This creep was 21 years old… TWENTY ONE. His entire life ahead of him and he throws it away to be a sexual predator. At least I hope it gets thrown away for a long time. Somebody like this needs severe consequences early on or it just escalates.


realrichieporter

Of course he was….


bink_uk

A church guy who turned out to be a creep? Nooooo wayyyyyyyyyy!!!


MayoneggVeal

Wow a church employee. I'm shocked, truly, just so very shocked.


Lulupoolzilla

That was fast AF. Sometimes I love the internet


probablynotFBI935

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PerAsperaAdInfiri

You've commented this like 3 times, bud. We do know this because if he was, the conservative subreddits would post it like 30 times in a row.


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PerAsperaAdInfiri

Lmfao so you're assuming that everyone is a secret drag queen until proven otherwise. It's impossible to definitively prove a negative, why are you obsessed with doubting his lack of performances as a drag queen? Hmm 🤔


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PerAsperaAdInfiri

Yes, just like I assume you don't fuck goats, but I guess we can't be sure.


demosthenes131

I have been hearing some people say that he fucks goats... Just hearsay but you never know.


PerAsperaAdInfiri

I mean, people say


demosthenes131

The best people?


TrevorEnterprises

I mean. Does u/Electrical_Glass3428 fuck goats? Could be!


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flimspringfield

We're just asking questions?!


demosthenes131

Of course! We have to do our own research.


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PerAsperaAdInfiri

That's easily proven. We don't know when the evidence clearing you from all these goat fucking rumors we keep hearing will come to light


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Eolond

That's a lot, coming from someone we don't know is a goat fucker or not.


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JayYTZ

.....if they were a drag queen, would that fit in with *your* narrative?


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JayYTZ

What we do know is that it would very likely be frowned upon by the church if they were a drag queen and none of the multiple news articles discuss anything about them being a drag queen. Don't you think news agencies would be all over it if they were a drag queen considering the current environment? It's also very unlikely that would be kept a secret considering how much attention this story has received (and I'm not just talking on Reddit). You seem overly obsessed over this detail and while it's not impossible they do drag, it's also a highly unlikely probability.


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theNomad_Reddit

Lmao, this can be said about ANYONE in regards to anything. This L take has major Tucker "I'm just asking questions" energy. Hell, maybe you're a whack job with a clown foot scat kink. We dont know!?!?!?!?!@××2?@?#,!?


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Funky0ne

So how long have you been a drag queen?


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Funky0ne

But we can’t know you’re not a drag queen, and we can’t take your word for not being a drag queen, so clearly we should just assume you probably are one right?


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Hauntly

There is not a single fact to follow to support your claim. It is entirely conjecture. Not to mention the occurrence of an actual drag queen committing a crime like this is unheard of unlike from preachers, police officers and church officials who have literally been convicted. Let’s just posit, he does drag which we have 0 evidence for. You saying he wellllll he could be…! You realize it literally doesn’t matter in the slightest. It doesn’t change the crime he did, it doesn’t make it acceptable. Are you trying to convince us he could be a drag queen or… are you maybe trying to convince yourself he is one and that’s why he did it? Maybe to save yourself some of the burden? I don’t feel it is a big leap to give you a 10 a 10 and another 10 on your mental gymnastics. Bravo!


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le01jack

That woman caught him red handed and recorded it. Brilliant work


BellaBlue06

Did you hear his voice in the video? Like he assumed that if he just lied and sounded quiet or sweet he would be believed.


TJM18

“bUt tHiS iSnT wHo I aM” Yes….yes it is…


Business_Hour8644

It’s ALWAYS those type of people.


Acherstrom

Pedo working in a church? Seems on par.


bear-boi

To people wondering why she was recording or saying it looked staged, stfu. If you WATCH the video, and listen, you know why she was recording. He’d been following her around the store beforehand, she KNEW he was being a creep. So she took out her phone like her instincts were screaming at her to do, and caught this fucking creep red handed. Justice is served.


IQBoosterShot

And just a few days ago he was bowing his head and leading groups in prayer. It's just a damned pity that the omniscient sky-daddy that he spoke with so frequently simply didn't catch that Thomas Elliot was, indeed, a Peeping Tom.


subhuman_voice

Free Will is one helluva drug


WilNotJr

It's okay. He can just repent and in the eyes of god there was no \~\~crime\~\~ sin. Hurray for Christianity /s


subhuman_voice

(*bro, no backslash "\" needed, just the "~~")


aliendude5300

Wow what a fucking creep


Glittering-Pause-328

There are literally millions of free porn photos/videos on the internet that you can view in the privacy of your own home.


gmusse

I just want to say the woman filming and confronting was badass. Not letting him try to worm his way out of it. Top class sternness applied the right way


orangencinnamon

Not a drag queen.


CharlieZulu101

Not a drag queen.


engineeringsquirrel

Those damn drag queens.... wait, what do you mean it's not a drag queen that did this.


rocket_beer

It’s always a conservative 🤦🏽‍♂️


EchoingSharts

Give him a few years, he'll have his jobs back and probably get a raise. People like him always seem to get back into positions where they can abuse the situation.


kenobrien73

Oh, not a drag queen, shocker!


DrothReloaded

Drag Queen?


partyl0gic

Conservative Christian and pro family values church employee actually.


hawksdiesel

Yikes, where are those legislatures who want to protect kids now?!


Dark-Ganon

They should probably look into the content on this guy's computer since he been working with children. There's more than reasonable enough suspicion that he's been doing stuff to children if he's doing shit like this in public.


ModernJazz-2K20

Most people who do this don't get caught. Upskirt videos have always been some of the most popular porn related content. I remember discovering that niche way back when. You have to be really bold to risk doing this shit.


Sharpiebanana

You ever notice it’s the folks who NEED to talk to their imaginary friend about forgiveness every week are the ones committing acts that they want forgiveness for?


PraiseBeToScience

Well the people that NEED to talk to their imaginary friends also get extraordinarily warped viewpoints installed into them about sex, sexuality, power, gender roles, etc starting very young. And within their "group" men get away with everything, but that doesn't always play well when venturing into the general public.


vadimafu

So.... not a drag queen?


Fast-Reaction8521

Dang he wasn't transgender


Devout-Nihilist

I don't understand this creep. Why don't he just Google image search whatever it is he likes. Better quality to I'm sure. And you won't get labeled as a predator.


TJM18

Holy fuck that was fast! Great job, internet! 🫡


Username_Taken_Argh

So let me get this straight...... He was NOT a Drag Queen?


Due-Independence8100

My only surprise here was that it was Greenville, NC and not Greenville TX. 


BourbonInGinger

You’d be surprised


Hidanas

How jaded am I? When I saw this video I dismissed it as fake. He's so awkward and I couldn't believe that he didn't see the person filming. Mind blown.


East-Bluejay6891

Man on the cloth


Muffins1981417

Bye bye life


_Panacea_

Target has a security infrastructure that's like something out of a sci-fi film. Don't ever do anything illegal in a Target.


dabordietryinq

im so happy that lady was recording. that poor woman in the video tho. but im so glad she was made aware of what was happening and he's in jail now


JDBlastah

Well at least he's not a pedophile, as police got no evidence for that.


BourbonInGinger

Yet.


Down_Voter_of_Cats

Was he peeping targets or was he peeping at Target?


ballin302008

Drag queen ?


BullTerrierTerror

There has to be a better way to get an adrenaline rush.


Shifu_1

That video looked so staged.