Holy Sex Toy Shopping Scandal
Pastor out at famed Riverside Church after sex toy shopping spree
The reason for her ouster is far more stimulating than any sermon this pastor could have delivered.
The Rev. Dr. Amy Butler, the first woman to lead Manhattan’s famed Riverside Church, lost her lofty post amid complaints that she brought ministers and a congregant on a sex toy shopping spree and then gave one of them an unwanted vibrator as a birthday gift,
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WHEN YOUR SEXUAL HARASSERS SIT IN YOUR PEWS
On May 15, Butler allegedly took two Riverside assistant ministers and a female congregant to a sex shop in Minneapolis called the Smitten Kitten, during a religious conference, according to sources familiar with the out-of-town shopping excursion.
At the store, the pastor bought a $200 bunny-shaped blue vibrator called a Beaded Rabbit for one minister — a single mom of two who was celebrating her 40th birthday — as well as more pleasure gadgets for the congregant and herself, sources said.
The female minister didn’t want the sex toy, but accepted it because she was scared not to, sources said.
Butler also offered to buy a toy for the second minister — a gay man in a committed relationship — but he declined, sources said.
Butler, who is known as “Pastor Amy,” and the others were visiting Minneapolis for the 27th annual Festival of Homiletics, a week-long conference at which the 49-year-old pastor presided over the closing worship service.
Neither assistant minister wanted to go to the raunchy store and the male minister repeatedly told Butler they were uncomfortable. Butler said they didn’t have to go, but they “felt pressured” and feared professional retaliation, sources said.
At the register, Butler quipped, “Is this a church business expense?” and “pulled out the church credit card” — although it’s unclear if she actually used it to make the purchase, the source said.
Amy Butler
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Rev. Dr. Amy Butler, “Pastor Amy,” was the 7th Senior Minister at The Riverside Church in New York City. She is the first woman to hold the position of Senior Minister since the church opened in 1930. Wikipedia
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US Female Pastor Set to Receive Half Million Dollar Payout After Sex Toy Shopping Scandal
It looks like Reverend Dr Amy Butler, Riverside Church’s outgoing female pastor, won’t be leaving her job empty handed after a sex toy scandal. Butler, also known as “Pastor Amy”, will allegedly receive an exit package worth at least half a million dollars.
Pastor Amy is set to receive her annual salary of $250,000, a six-month housing allowance of $48,000, as well as $59,000 as annual retirement contributions for three years, according to her contract, the New York Post reported. Butler will also receive a $100,000 “separation payment” – which would take her golden handshake when including her unused vacation payout and lawyer fees up to a total of $594,530, according to the New York Post, citing an email sent by the chair of the church council.
The incident happened in May during the 27th annual Festival of Homiletics, a week-long religious conference, when Pastor Amy reportedly brought two assistant ministers and a congregant to a sex store named Smitten Kitten in Minneapolis, the New York Post said, quoting sources. There, the lavish pastor bought a bunny-shaped vibrator and gifted the unwanted present to one minister, a single mum-of-two celebrating her 40th birthday, while also purchasing X-rated items for the congregant and herself.
Butler also offered to buy a toy for the second minister – a gay man in a relationship – but he refused, the New York Post reported, citing sources.
“Is this a church business expense?” Pastor Amy asked at the register before pulling out the “church credit card”, the New York Post reported. However, it still remains unclear if Butler used it to make the purchase.
However, the kindness of the Pastor was underappreciated, as the day after the trip, one of the ministers filed a formal harassment claim and the church’s lawyer hired an investigator, who interviewed both ministers and substantiated the claims, the New York Post said, citing sources. Both parties mutually parted ways as they were “far apart on negotiations” – even before the sex toy incident – as Butler had hired a lawyer to help her try to score a $100,000-a-year raise, the New York Post said, citing sources.