3 women complained to church about Rev. Bryan Fulwider's 'sexualized behavior' during period police

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3 women complained to church about Rev. Bryan Fulwider’s ‘sexualized behavior’ during period police say he was raping girl


During the same period police say Rev. Bryan Fulwider was repeatedly raping a girl he met through his church in Winter Park, three women came forward to report inappropriate “sexualized behavior" by the pastor, show records obtained by the Orlando Sentinel.

“He used his status as a church pastor to engage in a situation with me that I would not, under normal circumstances, have gone along with," one of the two young women wrote in her complaint, in which she called Fulwider’s behavior "highly inappropriate for a pastor, especially a married pastor over twice my age.”

The women submitted complaints in 2008 to the Florida Conference of the United Church of Christ, which investigated the allegations and found that Fulwider had acted in a way “unbefitting a minister." The Conference ordered him to undergo counseling, yet he remained his in post as senior pastor of First Congregational Church of Winter Park until 2012.

According to police, Fulwider in 2005 began using his position to groom a 13-year-old girl whom he went on to sexually abuse, often on church property and during church-related trips, for years. During that time frame, the three women say the married pastor sent them harassing messages and tried to coax them into inappropriate situations.

Read more: https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/breaking-news/os-ne-bryan-fulwider-prior-accusations-inappropriate-conduct-20191204-ebdgrgmsgzfnpjxnuuwwb7l4aq-story.html