Does This Look Like The Face Of A Guy Who Performed Illegal Circumcisions To 'Restore Bible Culture'
From the Springfield News-Leader:
A Nixa man who started an organization called “Restore Bible Culture” was indicted for illegally circumcising two teenagers in May, court documents say. A grand jury indicted Curtis W. Abbott in August on two counts of child endangerment and one count of unauthorized practice of medicine or surgery — all of which are felonies.
Abbott, 47, is not a doctor.
He sent a statement to the News-Leader calling the allegations false. Because the case was handled by a grand jury, many details of the case — like an alleged motive — are not public. However, court documents from a recent divorce shed light on Abbott and his strong religious convictions. Abbott represented himself in the divorce, which his now ex-wife initiated in 2017.
Court documents filed by Abbott say his wife decided to end their marriage after his “decision to officially go back into the ministry after having multiple prophetic communications. “Abbott claimed his ministry had “several false starts in years past.”
(Hopefully those ‘false starts’ have nothing to do with botched genital surgeries of any sort.)
When his ex-wife accused him of being mentally abusive, controlling, a polygamist and dismissive of women, Abbott denied most of those charges — and also clarified his views on polygamy. He responded, writing that he believed “polygamy is not in anyway (sic) condemned or looked down upon in the Bible and that many social ills pertaining to the stability of family would be balanced out if it were still in favor today.” According to court documents, Abbott began expressing an interest in polygamy in 2010.
When Abbott’s wife resisted the idea of adding a “sister wife,” Abbott allegedly cast her out of the home with just a few personal items because of her “rebellion.” Documents say Abbott never brought another “sister wife” into the marriage, but he spent considerable time and money looking online and in person.
Abbott traveled to the Philippines, Thailand and several places across the United States to “‘interview’ potential prospects but apparently he found them all lacking in some aspect or another,” documents say.
During the divorce, Abbott hand-wrote a letter to the judge, saying he was struggling to make money as he had been “turned down from multiple jobs.”
I guess his only option was to start his own religion and start choppin’ on very specific body parts?
The full circumstances of what happened hasn’t come out yet & obviously that’s a serious situation and I hope the boys get all the support they need. I’m not placing direct blame on anyone but Abbott who is clearly an absolute creep – but if parents were aware their kids were hanging out with this guy or aware of what he was doing… I’m judging the shiiiit out of them. Missouri Man still hasn’t caught up to the goings-on of Florida Man, but a lot of wacky stuff going on there these days.