Southern California pastor held in molestation

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Southern California pastor held in molestation
By Associated Press 7:40 p.m.March 14, 2014

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California pastor has been arrested on suspicion of molesting two boys — one of them for years.

The San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department says 54-year-old Stephen Howard was arrested Thursday.

He remains jailed on $250,000 bail.

Howard has been lead pastor at Muscoy United Methodist Church in San Bernardino since 2001. He was youth director at a United Methodist Church in Ontario from 1989 to 2001.


Read more: http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/mar/14/southern-california-pastor-held-in-molestation/

[Revanchist]

2. No but this post qualifies you as an ass

[CountAllVotes]

5. +1,000

n/t

[Judi Lynn]

3. Alabama children’s pastor tells police he ‘cannot remember’ how many boys he molested

Alabama children’s pastor tells police he ‘cannot remember’ how many boys he molested
By Scott Kaufman
Friday, March 14, 2014 12:05 EDT

On Thursday, a pastor in Muscle Shoals, Alabama pleaded guilty to 16 counts of sodomy, three counts of sexually abusing a child under 12-years-old, and one count of child pornography.

Jeffrey Dale Eddie, also known as “Brother Jeff,” had served as the children’s pastor at Highland Park Baptist Church since 1998. He was first discovered molesting a young boy on January 22, 2014, however, it was not until four days later that church leaders notified police of the abuse, which is a clear violation of Alabama law.

Alabama has a mandatory reporting statute that requires “[a]ll hospitals, clinics, sanitariums, doctors, physicians, surgeons, medical examiners, coroners, dentists, osteopaths, optometrists, chiropractors, podiatrists, nurses, school teachers and officials, peace officers, law enforcement officials, pharmacists, social workers, day care workers or employees, mental health professionals, members of the clergy” to report cases of child abuse or neglect.

According to court documents obtained by WAFF, Eddie confessed to performing acts of oral sex on many of the youths in his charge. When police asked how many youths he may have molested, Eddie said that there were “so many that he advised he cannot remember.”

More:
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/03/14/alabama-childrens-pastor-tells-police-he-cannot-remember-how-many-boys-he-molested/

[JoeyT]

4. That one is especially infuriating.

Waiting 4 days to report it is telling. I'd be willing to bet he's been caught several times before and the church managed to talk whoever caught him out of talking about it. Then he finally got caught by someone that wasn't willing to drop it.