Larry Cotton was Associate Pastor at Parkway Baptist Church when the seventeen-year-old Jules Woodson came to him and told him that the youth pastor had forced her to give him oral sex the night before. Instead of being concerned about the teenager who has just been sexually assaulted, he attacked her, saying “so you participated.” He told her not to tell anyone and heaped the blame on her, protecting the youth pastor Andy Savage [See GOP Sexual Predators 324: Andy Savage.] Savage was suspended for a time but the church later asked her parents if they would mind if he came back. They minded.
The police were not informed. The church threw a going away party for the abusive priest which reinforced the idea that it was the young girl’s fault.
When Woodson’s story came out in on January 5, 2018. Larry Cotton was removed from the website directory where he worked and he was placed on leave within the week.
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San Angelo, Texas · Saturday, March 24, 2018
