According to this article in the Waco Tribune-Herald, Danny Passmore was arrested for aggravated sexual assault of a child.

I always get sad when I hear about these kinds of things–mostly for the victims. I’ve worked with young people as a teacher and youth minister my entire adult life, and I see the devastating effects of sexual abuse on some of the kids I’ve known. When I’m pretty sure about the guilt of a perpetrator, it pushes my ability to extend grace to the breaking point. I have a very difficult time feeling any level of forgiveness to one who sexually abuses another–especially a child.

Sometimes I feel sadness for the accused, too, though. Again, since my whole professional life deals with kids, I have known people whose careers, families, even entire lives were completely devastated by what I believe to be false accusations. And all it takes is an accusation in some cases to completely destroy a person’s credibility for the rest of his life.

This particular case, however, hits home in a way like never before. Passmore was Devin’s martial arts instructor for many years–and he was incredibly influential in a very positive way. Even though Devin’s been away from Texas for 8 years, Passmore made the “top 40″ list of people Devin sent graduation invitations to.

Christine has always raved on Passmore, particularly citing his desire to mold kids’ character more than just teaching them self-defense. So selfishly, I can’t help but hope that he’s been falsely accused. On the other hand, I know that we can never truly know people beyond a shadow of a doubt, so I find myself simply praying that the truth will win out–and for healing for everyone involved. It’s definitely a reminder to me of how broken a world this is–and how desperately we all need God’s healing and forgiveness to make it through to the other side.