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- 2018 – Mission San Juan Diego Church, Arlington Heights, IL. Edwin M. Cortez (priest) arrested for public-sex charge. Arlington Heights parish rocked by public-sex charge against pastor two years after predecessor jailed for child porn.
- 2018 – Mission San Juan Diego Church, Arlington Heights, IL. Diego Berrio (pastor) arrested for public-sex charge. Arlington Heights parish rocked by public-sex charge against pastor two years after predecessor jailed for child porn.
- 2018 – Open Door Baptist Church, Mesquite, TX. Robert Arnold Ross (pastor) arrested for failing to report sexual abuse. Texas pastor arrested after child sexual abuse not reported.
- 2018 – Grace Baptist Church, Powell, TN. Jason Evan Kennedy (youth minister) arrested for soliciting sex from underage female. Disgraced youth minister arrested in sex sting granted chance to clear conviction.
- 2018 – First United Methodist Church, Bryan, TX. James Charles Landes (youth director) arrested for seeking sex online from a minor female. Bryan youth minister arrested for soliciting a minor online.
- 2017 – Restoration Life Church, Hamilton, MS. Michael Shane Cruse (pastor) arrested for attempt to have sex with 16-year old boy, using the Internet. Mississippi pastor arrested on sex charges in undercover sting in Kentucky.
- 2017 – Covenant Kingdom International Church, Phoenix, AZ. Stacy Lee (minister) arrested for failing to register as a sex offender for offenses in 1984. Police: Reverend failed to register as a sex offender for decades old crime.
- 2016 – Hope Lutheran Church, Oshkosh, WI. Joshua Scheil (former pastor) arrested for solicitation of a minor for sex over the Internet. Local pastor arrested in sex sting.
- 2016 – First Christian Church, Jeffersonville, IN. David James Brown (senior pastor) arrested for “seeking sex with a minor,” an underage girl. Jeffersonville pastor arrested after allegedly seeking sex with a minor.
- 2016 – Eastside Baptist Church, Marietta, GA. John Samuel Stafford (former janitor) arrested and pled guilty to “a misdemeanor sexual battery.” Another former Eastside Baptist employee charged with sexual battery.
- 2016 – First United Methodist Church of Pace, Pensacola, FL. David Donald Hoppenjan (senior pastor) arrested for trying to meet up for sex with underage boy, which was actually part of a police sting. Father, Married Senior Pastor in Methodist Church Among 22 Men Arrested in Florida Child Sex Sting.
- 2016 – Westwood Baptist Church, Odessa, TX. Matthew Holman (former youth pastor) arrested in a sting operation by police and charged with “online solicitation of a minor.” Youth Pastor Fired After Online Solicitation Arrest, Church Looks to Forgiveness in Future.
- 2015 – St. Paul Baptist Church, Dothan, AL. Camerius Mills (minister) arrested and charged with “three felony traveling to meet a child for an unlawful sex act charges, three felony second-degree rape charges and a single second-degree sodomy charge” for sexual abuse of a teenaged female from his congregation. His defense included “a long history of marginal social adjustment and experiences high levels of self-doubt and social anxiety. The evaluation also showed Mills suffers from depression with psychotic features and Schizoaffective Disorder.” Attorney: Former church pastor facing sex charges incompetent for trial.
- 2015 – Victory Apostolic Church, Kingsport, TN. Boyd Holder (pastor) arrested for having sex with man in church van when arrested for embezzling. Tenn. Pastor Accused of Gay Tryst Now Charged With Lifting From Church.
- 2015 – Victory Apostolic Church, Kingsport, TN. Boyd Watson Holder Jr. (pastor) arrested for gay sex inside a church van. Pastor busted for gay sex in church van newly arrested for stealing $60K from church.
- 2013 – Southside Baptist Church, Huntsville, AL. Michael James Walker (senior pastor) arrested (in 2017) for failure to report sexual abuse. Pastor arrested for failing to report child sex abuse claims against sheriff’s deputy.
- 2013 – River Valley Church, Minnetrista Campus, Minnetrista, MN. Matthew Boos (youth pastor) arrested and “charged with soliciting a child through electronic communication to engage in sexual conduct and with engaging in electronic communication relating or describing sexual conduct with a child.” He pled guilty to the second charge. He was using a fabricated Facebook account to chat with underaged females. Former youth pastor sentenced for online misconduct.
- 2012 – Full Gospel Baptist Church, Atlanta, GA. Craig Lamar Davis (pastor) arrested for allegedly spreading HIV among congregants. Married Atlanta Pastor Arrested For Allegedly Spreading HIV At Church.
- 2012 – Springfield Baptist Church, Petersburg, VA. Curtis Mathews (pastor) arrested for trying to arrange sex with a minor. Pastor arrested on sex crime charge.
- 2011 – Open Door Baptist Church, Mesquite, TX. Matt Jarrell (pastor) arrested for not reporting rape in West Virginia. Mesquite pastor arrested for not reporting allegation that volunteer sexually assaulted girl, police say.
- 2003 – St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Hannah, MI. Wladyslaw Marczynski (pastor) arrested along with another man, charged with “charge of disorderly person/obscene conduct” for engaging in a sex act at a public park. Pastor arrested on sex charge, suspended.
- 1971 – Redeemer Covenant Church, Brooklyn Park, MN; Covenant Pines Bible Camp, Inc. Albert C. Magnuson (pastor) and the church were sued for alleged sexual abuse that in one instance involved a naked psudo-baptism. Although the court dismissed the claim based on the statute of limitations, an appeal opinion states, “this court assumes that the accused committed sexual abuse, unless the district court has ruled otherwise.” Winkler v. Magnuson, 539 N.W.2d 821 (1995).