What Does Doug Wilson Believe?

Church & Leadership

Performing a Convicted Child Molester’s Wedding Was the Right Call

Not only did I conduct that wedding, but I would do it again tomorrow.

In Douglas Wilson’s own words: 3 quotes from 2022 to 2025, from All My Friends Are Heretics Podcast, CNN and The Young Turks, each cited to the source.

Not only did I conduct that wedding, but I would do it again tomorrow.

— Douglas Wilson, interviewed by Darren Doane, “Douglas Wilson – Pedophiles, Justice, and the Gospel”, All My Friends Are Heretics Podcast, Episode 1, March 25, 2022 Source ↗

[Pamela Brown: “You helped a pedophile.”] Yeah. Well, I conducted the marriage ceremony, but I did do that, so. But I didn’t set them up. I didn’t arrange it for it. I didn’t — all the things you hear online that I did in that situation. [Pamela Brown: “So why would you marry off a pedophile?”] Because it was legal. He is a professing Christian. The woman he married understood his background, you know, understood what she was getting into. I didn’t arrange it. It was not an arranged marriage. It was not pressured.

— Douglas Wilson, interviewed by Pamela Brown, “Extended CNN interview: Inside Doug Wilson’s crusade for Christian domination in the age of Trump”, CNN, at 25:13, August 12, 2025 Source ↗

He was convicted and served time... 5 years after he was out he met a young lady, was introduced to her by someone else. They got engaged and asked me to do the ceremony, which I was happy to do and I would do it again.

— Douglas Wilson, interviewed by Cenk Uygur, “FULL 90 MIN INTERVIEW With MAGA Pastor Doug Wilson”, The Young Turks, at 1:11:37, October 6, 2025 Source ↗