My friend is dead. His ordeal began several years ago when his teenage daughter accused him of sexual molestation -- the legal terms for his supposed crime were “sexual interference and sexual exploitation,” which allow for a wide latitude of interpretation or misinterpretation. Indeed, we have reached the point where displaying physical affection for one’s children can now lead to prosecution. In any event, the daughter soon had her father arraigned before the court. The judge, apparently, took none of the countervailing evidence and exonerating depositions into consideration before delivering the guilty verdict. My friend -- I’ll call him John to protect his family’s privacy -- was a fervent evangelical Christian who would have been scandalized by the likes of Jeffrey Epstein, now arrested for underage sex abuse and trafficking. John commanded an extensive knowledge of the New Testament, about which he wrote an original monograph. His faith...(Read Full Article)