A 32-year-old Christian college chief is in scorching water after it was uncovered he allegedly groomed and stalked a teenage pupil.
John “Jay” Brownlow has been accused of grooming a teenage boy that attends Westminster Academy in Memphis, Tennessee the place he labored as Chief Monetary Officer. On the peak of the pandemic in 2020, it’s alleged that the previous church youth director stored in touch with one among his college students and groomed him into performing sexual exercise on-line.
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Not solely that, it’s reported he secretly put in cameras within the boy’s room to seize express movies! In accordance with indictment papers, he snuck into the household’s residence to put in the cameras and to stalk the juvenile. Simply disgusting…
From June 2020, the previous college chief would proceed to groom the boy and stalk him, solely being caught up with in January of final yr. Somebody came upon in regards to the correspondence between Brownlow and the teenager and reported it to the college’s Headmaster, who in flip reported it to the police. After discovering out in regards to the allegations, he was promptly fired from his place and arrested. He initially pleaded not responsible to his many costs.
Motion Information 5 spoke to Brownlow’s lawyer Leslie Ballin on Tuesday and requested:
“You pleaded not responsible on his behalf in court docket. Is your consumer harmless?”
The legal professional solely supplied a imprecise response:
“The allegations are certainly surprising. Does it imply it’s correct and true? Not for me to determine.”
He did say, nonetheless, he’s seen the prosecution’s proof and Brownlow is standing together with his not responsible plea. Solely time will inform what sort of sentence — if any — he will get…
Medical Director on the Sexual Assault Heart in Nashville Alicia Bunch is aware of that grooming has been a subject that’s been on fireplace currently in Tennessee, and he or she says predators are normally near the kid — with most groomed youngsters being between 12 and 17:
“Somebody who normally has entry to youngsters; that might be academics, coaches, it might be household pals … The way in which that adolescent brains are working, their growth, they’re making an attempt to ascertain relationships and so any age youngster could be groomed.”
Simply horrible! These persons are proper underneath our noses and committing essentially the most heinous acts towards youngsters — but Tennessee is extra apprehensive about banning drag queens! Tremendous backwards!
Brownlow is presently out on a $200,000 bond however isn’t allowed to speak to the teenager concerned within the case. His former workplaces, the college and St. Patrick Presbyterian Church in Collierville (the place we was as soon as a “youth chief”), have urged every other victims to return ahead — as police allege there could also be extra younger youngsters who’ve been abused at his arms.
So, so terrible. What do U suppose, Perezcious readers? Tell us (under).
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