[h=1]Prominent Alabama evangelist arrested on child sex charges[/h]
HOOVER, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama youth evangelist has been arrested on child sex charges.
Media outlets report that police in the Birmingham suburb of Hoover arrested 37-year-old Paul Edward Acton Bowen of Southside on multiple charges involving a boy between the ages of 12 and 16.
Police Capt. Gregg Rector calls the case "disturbing" because of the man's position with Acton Bowen Outreach. Bowen is a public speaker who has written three books for sale online.
Records show Bowen was freed on bond early Wednesday.
https://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/Prominent-Alabama-evangelist-arrested-on-child-12826372.php
ALABAMA EVANGELIST CHARGED WITH SEXUAL ABUSE OF TEEN BOY
HOOVER, Ala. — An Alabama evangelist, public speaker and author was arrested Tuesday, accused of sexually abusing a teenage boy.
Paul Edward Acton Bowen, 37, of Southside, was booked on charges of sodomy, sexual abuse and enticing a child for immoral purposes, according to Jefferson County Jail records. He was released early Wednesday morning on $90,300 bail.
Bowen is the founder of Acton Bowen Outreach. The ministry’s website -- which was temporarily removed by 9 a.m. Wednesday -- described Bowen as a cohost of Top3 on the Juce TV Network and a regular contributor on Fox News, where he serves as a faith and religion correspondent.
The Gadsden Times reported in 2012 that Bowen, who spent seven years on staff at a church there before starting his ministry, was headed to London to be a chaplain at the Summer Olympics.
https://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/Prominent-Alabama-evangelist-arrested-on-child-12826372.php
HOOVER, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama youth evangelist has been arrested on child sex charges.
Media outlets report that police in the Birmingham suburb of Hoover arrested 37-year-old Paul Edward Acton Bowen of Southside on multiple charges involving a boy between the ages of 12 and 16.
Police Capt. Gregg Rector calls the case "disturbing" because of the man's position with Acton Bowen Outreach. Bowen is a public speaker who has written three books for sale online.
Records show Bowen was freed on bond early Wednesday.
https://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/Prominent-Alabama-evangelist-arrested-on-child-12826372.php
ALABAMA EVANGELIST CHARGED WITH SEXUAL ABUSE OF TEEN BOY
HOOVER, Ala. — An Alabama evangelist, public speaker and author was arrested Tuesday, accused of sexually abusing a teenage boy.
Paul Edward Acton Bowen, 37, of Southside, was booked on charges of sodomy, sexual abuse and enticing a child for immoral purposes, according to Jefferson County Jail records. He was released early Wednesday morning on $90,300 bail.
Bowen is the founder of Acton Bowen Outreach. The ministry’s website -- which was temporarily removed by 9 a.m. Wednesday -- described Bowen as a cohost of Top3 on the Juce TV Network and a regular contributor on Fox News, where he serves as a faith and religion correspondent.
The Gadsden Times reported in 2012 that Bowen, who spent seven years on staff at a church there before starting his ministry, was headed to London to be a chaplain at the Summer Olympics.
https://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/Prominent-Alabama-evangelist-arrested-on-child-12826372.php