Falwell Pastor Found Dead In Wetsuit After Autoerotic Mishap

Smoking Gun:

An Alabama minister who died in June of "accidental mechanical asphyxia" was found hogtied and wearing two complete wet suits, including a face mask, diving gloves and slippers, rubberized underwear, and a head mask, according to an autopsy report. Investigators determined that Rev. Gary Aldridge's death was not caused by foul play and that the 51-year-old pastor of Montgomery's Thorington Road Baptist Church was alone in his home at the time he died (while apparently in the midst of some autoerotic undertaking).

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[FatherWolf]

The son of a friend died under very similar circumstances.

Our religio-nut friends all assumed the kid was gay. You know, because Jesus tells them that gays are perverts.

They'd never imagine that one of Falwell's boys would be into the same stuff.

[hannitizer]

Trolls and their followers want to infer that because of the extreme way in which the body was found and the sexual toy that accompanied the body that there must have been an accomplice or an unintentional "helper", or they assume it was a crime. But if you look at recent accounts of deviant sexual behavior you must realize that there are sexual deviants coming out of the woodwork and most seem to be conservatives. The repression of their sexual practices leads to secret, deviant behavior. And those behaviors are part of the allure that they feel compelled to surrender to.

[cuthbertallgood]

So this guy was one of Ann Coulter's perfected Christians? No wonder so few convert these days! If that is perfection, I'll remain flawed thank you!

[V4Vigilance]

Linguistically, it's quite simple. Contract perfect and convert and what do you get?

PERVERT!

LOL

[drblack]

he was playing Navy. hence the wet suit and the seamen in his pants.

[TJTelecaster]

You can't make this shit up..!

These fucking Fundamentalist Evangelists are all a bunch of perverse hypocrites..

What's next Dobson caught with his Dominatrix..?

[NativeTexan]

See LittleBrother comment rom above:
http://www.pamshouseblend.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=3226

Reverend Gary Aldridge was found dead in his home in east Montgomery. He was the senior pastor at Thorington Road Baptist Church for the last 15 years.

Gary Aldridge graduated from Liberty University and later worked for the late Jerry Falwell. A former colleague at the school remembered him as well.

"He went on to become one of the deans and the students loved him. He had a tremendous impact on them," said Dr. Bob Miller of Liberty University.

[FatherWolf]

"...the students LOVED him. He had a tremendous IMPACT on them..."

Just what is THAT supposed to mean?

[Nova16]

I think he was attempting a new method of achieving "rapture"--couldn't really buy into the old idea. A flagellant is a person who responds sexually to being beaten, punished or to beating another person. This dude should be in the Guiness Book of Records.

[historicalaccuracy]

Thou should not judge a man until you've walked a mile in his rubber flippers.

[whomung]

hahahaha...

Does that make him a "flip flopper"?

[wadenelson1]

ROFL. Good one.

[Qbear]

There's kink and then there's REPUBLICAN KINK.

IML in Chicago, the Black and Blue Circuit Party in canada, and Southern Decadence in NOLA look pretty vanilla compared to the Christian Reich getting their freak on. Assless chaps seem almost SWEET compared to having a hooker diaper you, and the hooker has your wife's SAME first name......ewwwwwww!
You run a mega church and influence 30 million evangelicals and speak weekly with Bush...and you are a crystal meth addict getting butt-F*cked by a Hustler.
You head the congressional child protection boards against internet predators...and grope after underage PAGES.

[JScott]

In a way not surprising....

Kinda makes ya wonder what other kinky sex is goin on in the 'bible belt'.....

[Destin]

Doesn't anyone find it suspicious that the Reverend died on June 24th, but it's not reported until Oct 11th???

[Qbear]

they saved the NEWS for National Coming OUT day

[progressivepam]

It's when the autopsy report was released.

[johnnyjust]

It never ends well when someone acts like a liberal.

[Destin]

So... Jeff Gannon, Cheney, Bush, Rove, etc, are suddenly liberals cause they engage in this same sort of behaviour?? And what makes you think that liberals do it?? Got any proof??

[sandiegoconservative]

Yes, the proof is called San Francisco.

[FatherWolf]

It seems to be mainly hard-core conservatives who are getting caught doing creepy perverted things these days.

[Blutus]

We need a study of sexual deviancy
and it's relationship to religion.

Too bad Sigmund isn't around to do
some shrinking.

Ted Haggerty, Frogman, Little Jimmie Baker, The Reverend Swaggert, Wide Stance.

Something going on there!!

[research]

The denial of our natural sexual imaganings has been shown in test to INCREASE the amount of time people spend think about sex.

Repression breeds perversion.

[wadenelson1]

According to the Bible Moses and David were God's two all-time favorites.

Both were murderers.

This is at the heart of Christianity, and most people STILL DON'T GET IT.

God can get people willing to accept his "plan" past sin. He provides a way out of sin, and its usual consequences of self-loathing and self- destruction.

God's plan is different than society's.

I suspect MOST people who lead congregations of any sort realize how awfully flawed we all are.

Most especially themselves.

It's what gives people of truly great faith the humility not to judge others, no matter WHAT their sin, or how perverted.

And you thought priests were all saints!

Whether its sexual addiction, porn, drugs/alcohol, comitting murder, whatever, makes no difference..."for all have sinned."

It's in recognizing that sin is part of our very nature, and making the absolutely ridiculous-sounding quantum leap to accepting that God SEES THOSE UGLY FACT ABOUT US, ACCEPTS US AS WE ARE, and PROVIDES a method for our healing -- at least healing our utter hatred of ourselves, our self-condemnation, even if we can't control our ...wet suit autoerotic behavior.

I think if you really got to know most truly spiritual people, anyone who has searched for a spiritual solution to their own "sinful nature" you'd find a lot of closet perverts, sex addicts, alcoholics, you name it.

Most people can't admit their darkest secrets, even to anyone. Imagine being this pastor. Beloved, trusted by a congregation, teaching them about God's love yet being regularly compelled by this insane scuba gear sex desire.

Bottling it up doesn't seem to work --- look at the Catholic church. Sexuality denied seems to
express itself in very unhealthy ways.

God's got a plan. Unfortunately most people today view the church as so hypocritical, so judgemental, so responsible for wars, etc. that they never hear it. Or believe God is altogether imaginary.

If you struggle with "religion", next time you're in church, just imagine the pastor and ENTIRE congregation all wearing wet suits. Not so threatening anymore, huh?

We're all flawed.

[FatherWolf]

That's all very nice.

There's a good reason "most people today view the church as so hypocritical, so judgmental, so responsible for wars..."

Try getting the pew-sitters to be less judgmental. Try getting them to accept, e.g., gay pastors.

[Canukistani]

And to think that in my church they just play bingo.

[LittleBrother]

Hmmm... obviously I've been way off base in my understanding of what it means to "come to Jesus"!