Who Shot Bro. Jeff Down?

Jeff Eddie Praying with Muscle Shoals High Students

Yesterday PNS had an article which theorized that Jeff Eddie's wife Melissa may have turned him in. Now the article has disappeared. Whether Eddie's wife turned him in or not, she obviously knew before his arrest what was coming. We can only imagine the despair Eddie has caused not only his primary victims, but his wife and two sons as well.

We have on very rare occassions read of a sexual abuser seeking help. Eddie is an intelligent man and one who professed to follow Christ. Yet he continued down the road of scum and degradation. We're not sure if Eddie can be sentenced to more than 20 years or not. If found guilty, a judge can rule his sentences are to be served consectively. Let's hope that's what happens.

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Since Watergate, it's been popular to ask who knew what and when did they first know it. If you've viewed the photos on Eddie's Facebook pages, you've seen all the shots of the youth minister and his charges. Yet there are none of Eddie's wife with the groups. We're going to assume Bro. Jeff's crimes fell into the category of a forest made invisible by the trees of his outward mantle of care and concern.




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The End of Innocence...and a Marriage

Another minister, a man who professed to serve God, has been in the news this week--and not in any good way. Jeff Eddie is the second Colbert County minister this year to face sex abuse charges. In jail, with little or no chance of making bail, Eddie has seen his wife take charge of her life:

Melissa Eddie

We say good for her. Psychiatrists say "normal" sex addictions can be cured, but not pedophilia. Be vigilant. They're here and they don't care whom they hurt as long as they receive their pleasure. Don't let them win.



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