63 year old Bishop defending marriage to teen

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Footage of a 63-year-old Bishop attempting to defend his marriage to a 19-year-old congregant has gone viral two years after the couple first made headlines in their home state of Iowa.

In the footage shared by several platforms, Bishop Dwight Reed, 63, is seen standing in the pulpit while addressing anyone who attended church that morning with the intention of starting some mess over his wife, Jordan Goodlett, who was 19 when she wed the church leader, as per The Des Moines Register.

“And I wish some of ya’ll would mess with my wife, Jordan. Talking about, ‘what you gonna do if you see her?’ Well, you will see me on the news!” Reed proclaimed. “You better walk by and say ‘praise the lord!’ that’s what you better do, because that’s my wife! And she grown! She didn’t need nobody to sign no paperwork for her. If this was out in the streets, ya’ll would be saying she made a come-up, but you a hypocrite.”

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Reed told the congregation he'd be taking Goodlett under his wing for special attention as she was struggling with the impending divorce of her parents. They also said that she spent time in his home and on outings with him from about age 16 and that he bought her a car as a graduation gift. Sounds like grooming of a child, he was the Dean of the Church's school. 3 marriages, he's got a poor track record.

Do you see anything wrong with this marriage?
 

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Do you see anything wrong with this marriage?

The only thing to notice really is the age difference. Unless that man eats super healthy and does regular exercise, in a decade or so she's probably going to have to increasingly take care of him in some way, more as he gets older.

I also wonder if he's past the age where he can provide her with a child. Even if so, I imagine as the years go by and she's 30/40 and he'll be 75/85 what kind of sex life they're going to have, or if she's going to be tempted to seek out the fulfillment of her needs elsewhere.
 

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I read an article that claimed he groomed her starting from the age of 16. I think that's the problem that people are having with their relationship.
 
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