The notoriously anti-gay fundamentalist New Orleans pastor who railed against Southern Decadence ... has been arrested by police for masturbating in public.
Detectives arrested Rev. Grant Storms "masturbating in his van, which was parked near the carousel and playground" and in full view of children, reports the Times-Picayune.
The first woman told deputies she was taking her children to the playground and parked next to the van. ... The occupant was "looking at the playground area that contained children playing, with his zipper down...," the report said. The woman noted that he was masturbating and quickly ushered her children out of her car.
She told a second woman, who walked to the van and also spotted the man masturbating, the report said. The second witness told deputies that the driver saw her and tried to conceal the zipper area of his pants with his hand. The two women flagged down a park employee who notified the Sheriff's Office. The employee detained the man, later identified as Storms, until deputies arrived.
The defense: "Storms told deputies he was having lunch at the park when he decided to urinate using a bottle instead of the restroom, the report said."
The pervy pastor has obsessively focused on alleged "indecency" of Southern Decadence, adds the Times-Picayune.
He is especially known for arming followers with bullhorns, Bibles and picket signs to protest Southern Decadence, the three-day gay festival held in the French Quarter during Labor Day weekend. Storms grabbed national attention in 2003 with his failed attempts to shut down what Southern Decadence organizer Chuck Robinson called a peaceful festival that celebrates gay and alternative lifestyles.
Storms was booked on obscenity charges. The pastor was released on $5000 bond and faces up to six months behind bars.
And this final note: "Relatives who spoke with WDSU Monday evening said Storms had been on a downward spiral of late.'My feelings would be... yes, I saw it coming,' said Kim Lafferty, Storms' sister-in-law."
Sounds like a pedophile to me. At a playground watching children play and masturbating. His explanation is ridiculous. Who drives to a park to have lunch IN THEIR VAN? Put him under the jail with his hypocritical @SS! The Schadenfreude is almost too much this morning!
Posted by: Isis | 01 March 2011 at 08:59
These stories never get old. The most vigorous bible thumpers are the sickest among us.
Posted by: FREELEO | 01 March 2011 at 09:17
@FREE
These stories do get old, because I'm convinced the effect is imbalanced. One pedophile pastor goes down in flames,..after years of tormenting thousands of gays and spreading a message of hatred to countless others. We know these hypocrites always get it in the end, but the damage and people they've poisoned can never fully be repaired.
I guess eff it, life's not fair, maybe I'll start a private investigation firm solely committed to digging up dirt on those who cast stones from glass houses, the faster their shyt comes crashing down the less hatred they can spread.
What should I call it?
Posted by: Procrastination_Xtravaganza | 01 March 2011 at 15:51
Good point XP but I was referring to the exposure. I love the fact that they always get caught. LIke you, would like for it to happen sooner rather than later, but I'm glad that it happens.
Posted by: FREELEO | 01 March 2011 at 19:27
Isis: I'd have lunch in a van if I saw too many kids or dogs in a park. I'd park where I could get a good breeze, eat, and leave.
Which begs the question: WHAT was he eating? No mention of it in the articles.
XP: "Glass Houses Destroyed." Keep it simple.
Posted by: Instigator | 01 March 2011 at 19:58