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Religion News Service reports:
Southern Baptists have been dogged by leadership scandals for years. Now they have a different kind of abuse scandal on their hands. James David “Jim” Goldston III, 71, and his wife, Agnes, 73, are accused of poisoning their neighbor’s three dogs. Two of the dogs, Labrador retrievers, died. A veterinarian confirmed that all three dogs were poisoned, according to the Wake County Sheriff’s Office.
Goldston had been chairman of the board of trustees for the Baptist Children’s Homes of North Carolina, a well-known faith-based nonprofit. He was also a board member of an animal rescue organization. The Goldstons are also accused of threatening their neighbor. A handwritten letter tossed into their neighbor’s yard read “Your Daughter is Next. B Careful,” arrest warrants obtained by The News & Observer newspaper showed.
Raleigh’s NBC affiliate reports:
Phillip and Jessica Ridley said one dog died in July 2022, another died last weekend and a third was sickened and hospitalized. “For the past year over a year, they sent us threatening letters in the mail about our animals and our house,” Jessica said. One of those letters, shared with WRAL News, read, “If one or both of these dogs put their paws on my property I am going to blow their brains out.”
James Goldston was a donor and board member of a local dog rescue Saving Grace. On Friday, the rescue group announced on Facebook that James resigned. The Wake County Sheriff’s Office said other neighbors reported getting similar, anonymous threatening letters. The Goldstons each posted $30,000 bond and were ordered not to have any contact with the Ridley family.
This is evangelical Christianity. Poisoning pets. Threatening children. Terrorizing families. The whole rotten thing should be torn down and burned away. https://t.co/ZAVPYT9Xvo
— Knothead, Feral Lutheran Pastor
(@RevBobIerien) May 28, 2023