Paragons of Virtue Arrested

cross-posted from: https://discuss.online/post/30369322

Ohio pastor Silas H. Shelton, who previously called for a ban on LGBTQ+ books and Pride flags, was arrested on October 16 for alleged sexual assault of a child.

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/48573350

A Santa Ana pastor has been sentenced to 45 years to life in prison for sexually assaulting three young girls.

Carlos Ramirez Valdez, 61, was convicted of 14 counts related to the child sexual abuse cases that happened while he was the leader of Iglesia De Dios Ebenezer Church between 2012 and 2019. He became a pastor at another Santa Ana church after the assaults.

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/48161939

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/36840621

Pastor Morris built one of the largest megachurch in Texas.

He was a religious advisor to the President.

This is huge.

https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/robert-morris-gateway-church-sexual-abuse-case-oklahoma/

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/10/02/us/robert-morris-texas-megachurch-guilty-plea

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/robert-morris-guilty-child-sexual-abuse-texas-megachurch-pastor-rcna234748

cross-posted from: https://ibbit.at/post/65310

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/33470653

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/28130479

A Dallas zionist rabbi who publicly spread false claims about Hamas raping Israeli women on October 7 has been arrested for sexually abusing a teenage boy.

Rabbi Yizhak Meir Sabo, 43, was charged with indecency with a child, according to Dallas County jail records. Authorities arrested him on April 1 and set his bail at $100,000. The reports surfaced on March 27, prompting the Akiba Yavneh Academy to place him on administrative leave.

According to an affidavit, Sabo repeatedly pulled down a male student’s pants and touched his genitals. The abuse allegedly occurred while the student was in grades 9-12. Sabo also watched the student shower and gave him inappropriate “massages,” the report states.

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/58810338

It's always the ones, (i.e republicans)you suspect

RANDOLPH COUNTY, N.C. — Authorities in Randolph County arrested Lucas Timothy Hunt, 25, of Asheboro, known as the founder of the "Thank You Jesus" signs movement, on a felony child exploitation charge after a month-long investigation.

The Invictus Task Force took Hunt into custody on Tuesday and charged him with felony Second-Degree Sexual Exploitation of a Minor. A representative with the organization confirmed to WFMY News 2 that Hunt started the initiative, which has placed thousands of signs across the country promoting the message.

Pratt announced Monday that Mullen had been “immediately terminated” following her arrest.

It took FAR too long for her to be removed from children. But thankfully, it eventually happened.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/23282951

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cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/15943711

Amber Richards, described years of manipulation and sexual abuse that began when she was 14.

Testifying during the trial, she recounted waking up to find Richards beside her bed and enduring repeated assaults while pretending to be asleep.

The abuse, she said, escalated after he sent her a message about taking their relationship “to the next level.”

Source: https://thartribune.com/david-lynn-richards-jr-a-former-tennessee-pastor-was-convicted-of-raping-his-adopted-daughter-at-16-after-years-of-abuse-during-her-teens-he-received-a-reduced-sentence-with-the-court-citing-his/

Original post https://www.reddit.com/r/TerrifyingAsFuck/comments/1h90dxs/david_lynn_richards_jr_a_former_tennessee_pastor/

An ABC News yearlong investigation into the 2x2 Church, a Christian sect so secretive most people have never heard of it, has uncovered allegations of widespread child sexual abuse and subsequent coverups.

During the investigation, ABC News spoke with dozens of alleged victims of child sexual abuse across more than 30 states.

As part of the ongoing investigation by law enforcement, Raymond Zwiefelhofer was convicted of 10 counts of possessing child sexual abuse material and was sentenced to 120 years in prison last month.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/23428679

Pope Francis has taken the unusual decision to expel 10 people from a troubled Catholic movement in Peru after a Vatican investigation uncovered “sadistic” abuses of power, authority and spirituality.

Archived version: https://archive.ph/Po1LR

SpinScore: https://spinscore.io/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapnews.com%2Farticle%2Fpope-abuse-peru-sodalicio-068c8f57dfc37aa86f14198ad08f9157

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/19794487

Anthony Odiong is accused of sexual assault by at least eight women whom the priest had been counseling

The criminal case that authorities are building against a Roman Catholic priest accused of preying on women whom he met while working in south-east Louisiana and Texas is progressing, with a grand jury in the latter state indicting him on three felony sexual assault charges.

Anthony Odiong, 55, faces two counts of second-degree sexual assault as well as one of first-degree sexual assault in the charges handed up against him recently in the McLennan county, Texas, state court.

The charges against Odiong – who was first arrested in July – involve two women. He could receive up to life imprisonment if convicted of the first-degree charge, a stiffer penalty that stems from the fact that the alleged victim in the case was a woman whom Odiong was prohibited from “marrying or purporting to marry” under Texas law. The second-degree counts each carry up to 20 years in prison in what is one of only about a dozen states with a law that criminalizes sexual activity between clergymen and adults who emotionally depend on their spiritual advice.