Did anyone see "Bishop" Charles Ellis III fondle Ariana Grande. What a freakin' perv. He and other clergy probably do this carp because of habit! And, they have gotten away with it. I am so disgusted and glad to be agnostic. Why people follow this perv... I don't know.
Would it be out of line to be glad he’s not doing that to kids?
I showed my wife the frame grabs and the video. She just thought Ariana was small and the Bishop was Not Thinking and/or senile. In other words it's easy to stray to the Forbidden Zone when you put big hands on a small torso and aren't thinking about what you're doing. She pointed out, rightly, that he was on-camera and in public and knew it, so if he wanted to cop a feel he wouldn't do it in that context.
I on the other hand saw a young lady creeped out and trying not to make a scene, and tend to want to validate her feelings in the matter.
I guess I'd want to know more about this "Bishop" and what he normally says and how he normally behaves around women, and whether there's any history of allegations like this. In his favor, he immediately apologized and I'm not aware of any rhetoric from him disacknowledging the young lady's feelings.
I agree that I would like to know more about him too. I just think he was a little comfortable with his squeezes.
Hm ... Since I wrote the above, I've seen his sorry/not sorry "apology" and in my view even if this was inadvertent he's extremely insensitive and not taking responsibility or understanding what a violation it is. So ... I've come around to the OP's point of view on this one. The "Bishop" is in the wrong.
Yes, the video is being circulated online. Disgusting man. Ariana should have jerked away and called him a pervert at the top of her voice, as I do if a man tries to grope me. I also tend to knee men in the groin if they even try.