† Pastors in the news

[Legion Troll]

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced today that a Jackson County Grand Jury has indicted an Ohio minister on 15 felony charges related to the sexual assaults of two juveniles and an adult.

Dennis Wright, 67, of Oak Hill, is charged with seven counts of rape, two counts of sexual battery, two counts of unlawful sexual conduct with a minor, three counts of gross sexual imposition, and one count of illegal use of a minor in nudity-oriented material or performance.

DeWine’s office said Wright worked as a minister to a congregation on State Route 93 outside of Oak Hill where two of the victims, a juvenile and an adult, were parishioners.

Wright is accused of assaulting the juvenile on multiple occasions between 2012 and 2015 and assaulting the adult, whose ability to resist or consent was substantially impaired, on multiple occasions.

The investigation, which was conducted by the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office and the Attorney General’s Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI), also uncovered a third victim who was 10 years old when Wright allegedly attacked the child.


http://wdtn.com/2016/02/22/jackson-county-minister-indicted-on-multiple-counts-of-rape/

 

[Legion Troll]

A Greenville County pastor is under arrest and facing criminal sexual misconduct of a minor charges. Authorities say there could be more victims yet to come forward.

According to the arrest warrant, 62-year-old Arthur Lehr is charged with two counts of criminal sexual misconduct of a minor and one count of engaging a minor for sexual performance.

The warrant states he touched minors in a sexual manner.

His neighbors tell us Lehr was hosting bible studies at his house from time to time.



http://wspa.com/2016/01/29/greenville-county-pastor-arrested-on-sexual-assault-of-a-minor-charges/

 

[Legion Troll]

Joseph Niemeyer, Jr. runs the youth ministry at New Banklick Baptist Church in Walton.

But it was what happened in his home that has landed him in jail.

"He's been charged with a variety of counts of rape first degree, sodomy first degree, and sexual abuse in the first degree," said Rob Sanders, Kenton Co. Commonwealth Attorney. "All of those in the first degree because they involve a child under the age of 12-years-old."

Police said the victim was a foster child and the abuse went on for three years.


http://local12.com/news/local/youth-pastor-arrested-foster-child-described-3-years-of-abuse

 

[Legion Troll]

A 68-year-old New Jersey pastor has been arrested, accused of sexually abusing two teen girls who attended his church, authorities said.

The girls were between 13 and 16 years old when they were allegedly molested.


http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/New-Jersey-Church-Pastor-Arrested-Sex-Abuse-Teenage-Girls-368698231.html

 

[Legion Troll]

A Nebraska pastor is facing charges after he got caught bringing a loaded gun to the airport — again.

Rev. Alvin Weasel — also known as Dobie — said the New Year’s Eve incident was a mistake, even though a similar mistake happened in 2014.

He was charged last week after a months-long investigation into the armed incident.

“This was the second time that this had happened to the same person,” Omaha interim city prosecutor Tom Mumgaard told the Daily News in explaining his decision to charge the reverend.

Weasel has a concealed carry permit but, he told KETV, this time he thought he’d left his weapon in his safe at home.

The carry-on bag he brought along weighed “about 40 pounds” and was “stuffed with everything.”

“ think what happened was the gun fell in between two of the larger books,” he said.

Mumgaard said that Weasel has now been hit with a misdemeanor charge for carrying a concealed weapon into a prohibited place.

Before the city was given the case to prosecute, the feds had to finish their investigation — which is why there was such a delay before filing, Mumgaard said.




http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/pastor-arrested-bringing-loaded-gun-airport-article-1.2630647

 

[Leonthecat]

Kong Hee's City Harvest Church Membership Drops by a Third Amid Prison Sentence

By Stoyan Zaimov on May 09,2016

Singapore's City Harvest Church, which recently celebrated its 27th anniversary, has seen its membership numbers drop for yet another year amid the ongoing trial and eight-year prison sentence, pending appeal, for founder and Senior Pastor Kong Hee.

The Sunday Times reported on Sunday that CHC's congregation dropped to 16,482 in 2015, as seen in its annual report, which represents a 6 percent drop from 2014. The publication noted that church membership has been dropping ever since a criminal investigation against the church's leaders began in 2010.

Kong, along with five other CHC leaders, were found guilty last year of misusing close to $35-million in church donations, which allegedly was used to fund the music career of singer and fellow CHC Pastor Sun Ho,


Back in 2009, CHC's membership was up to 23,565, which means the megachurch has seen close to a third of its congregation leave.

http://www.christianpost.com/news/kong-hees-city-harvest-church-membership-drops-by-third-amid-prison-sentence-163588/

 

[Legion Troll]

A Colonial Heights Circuit Court Grand Jury indicted the pastor of Colonial Christian Church on five counts of Aggravated Sexual Battery and two counts of Taking Indecent Liberties with a Child.

Alan Wayne Little was taken into custody and booked at Riverside Regional Jail.

Little was accused of sexually abusing a child, according to court documents.




http://wtvr.com/2016/05/12/alan-little-arrest/

 

[Legion Troll]

Police have arrested a pastor at an Avoca church in connection with sexually abusing two teen girls who were members of the church.

Cesar Lopez, 59, of Rogers is being held in the Benton County Jail with no bond set. He was arrested on two counts of second-degree sexual assault, a felony. He could be sentenced from five to 20 years in prison on each count if convicted.



http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2016/may/13/avoca-church-pastor-arrested-after-2-te/#/

 

[Leonthecat]

Try to tell me this guy doesn't hit the Jesus Juice on a regular basis.

 

[Legion Troll]

How come the GOP isn't passing laws to keep pastors out of public restrooms?

 

[Leonthecat]

How come the GOP isn't passing laws to keep pastors out of public restrooms?

They absolutely should,
for the children.

 

[Legion Troll]

A pastor was arrested in connection with a child porn case, police say.

David G. Reynolds, 40, faces 70 counts of distributing, possessing or viewing of matter depicting sexually explicit conduct involving a child.



http://www.arkansasmatters.com/news/local-news/former-sherwood-pastor-arrested-in-child-porn-case

 

[Legion Troll]

A pastor has been arrested after investigators said he started a fire that burned down his home, according to a probable cause affidavit released Tuesday.

Jon Hughes Allen, 72, turned himself in to law enforcement officials and was arrested in connection with one count of arson, a class A felony.
"They are trying to say that I burned it down, which I did not do," Allen said Tuesday. "That's about all there is to it."

Allen was a pastor at Lake Hills Baptist Church when the church faced foreclosure. He said he's no longer the church's pastor, and the fire wasn't connected to the church.



http://www.nwaonline.com/news/2016/may/18/former-pastor-arrested-in-connection-wi/?news-arkansas-nwa

 

[Legion Troll]

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation announced Friday authorities arrested 32 people in a Knoxville human trafficking operation.

The TBI said in a release two of the men, including a children’s minister, arrested in “Operation Someone Like Me” responded to ads for what they thought were girls under the age of 18.

TBI identified Knoxville's Jason Kennedy, 46, as the children's minister arrested for patronizing prostitution and human trafficking. Kennedy was a minister at Grace Baptist Church in Karns. He was fired after the charges were revealed.


http://www.wbir.com/news/crime/childrens-minister-among-32-arrested-in-human-trafficking-operation/206818636

 

[Legion Troll]

A pastor is facing production of child pornography charges after being arrested by authorities.

An investigation led authorities to seek eight felony warrants for distribution of child pornography against 48-year-old Christopher Alan Hogge.

According to the Sheriff’s Office, investigators received a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children that an online account in Isle of Wight had accessed an online social media account that stored images depicting child pornography.

The Isle of Wight County Sheriff’s Office says search warrants are being executed at several different locations in connection with this case.

Hogge is a pastor at Battery Park Baptist Church, and has been with the church since 2001.





http://wavy.com/2016/05/23/franklin-pastor-city-employee-arrested-on-child-pornography-charges/

 

[Leonthecat]

A pastor is facing production of child pornography charges after being arrested by authorities.

An investigation led authorities to seek eight felony warrants for distribution of child pornography against 48-year-old Christopher Alan Hogge.

According to the Sheriff’s Office, investigators received a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children that an online account in Isle of Wight had accessed an online social media account that stored images depicting child pornography.

The Isle of Wight County Sheriff’s Office says search warrants are being executed at several different locations in connection with this case.

Hogge is a pastor at Battery Park Baptist Church, and has been with the church since 2001.





http://wavy.com/2016/05/23/franklin-pastor-city-employee-arrested-on-child-pornography-charges/

His flock must be so proud.

 

[Legion Troll]

I forgive him.

 

[Leonthecat]

I forgive him.

Do you think they will?

 

[Legion Troll]

Do you think they will?

The Buy-bull commands it, Brother Leon.

Don't all Christians follow the Buy-bull?

 

[Legion Troll]

A Mansfield church pastor has been arrested on charges of sexually assaulting an 8-year-old girl in the church he worked for, Mansfield police said.

The 8-year-old girl “made an outcry that she had been inappropriately touched,” according to Mansfield police.



http://newsok.com/article/5510987