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Greater Grace World Outreach faces multiple lawsuits over abuse allegations
About four months after his indictment for allegedly abusing a child in Massachusetts in 1980, former Greater Grace Pastor Eric Anderson, 80, has been arrested in Florida. WWLP reported that the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office ...
The Alford Plea allows accused to accept lighter form of punishment while maintaining innocence
A court has sentenced Benjamin Wayne Damron—a former church volunteer and youth soccer coach charged in 2022 with 10 counts of sexual crimes against children—to 24 months of probation on one felony charge. The sentencing ...
Allegations stretch back two decades and include multiple instances of abuse of minors
Police in Ormond Beach, Florida, are investigating allegations of abuse at a church and its accompanying Christian school that stretch back more than two decades.
Along with Executive Director Michelle Brannon, the two could face multiple sentences of 20 years in prison.
David E. Taylor, the self-proclaimed apostle and leader of Kingdom of God Global Church and Joshua Media Ministries, has been arrested in a “nationwide takedown of their forced labor organization.”
Neal Creecy was one of eight men caught in a sting operation aimed at catching child predators
The senior pastor of a Nevada church has been caught in an FBI sting aimed at capturing child predators. Neal Creecy, 46, the pastor of Redemption Church in Las Vegas, has been arrested for allegedly ...
Michael Deckinga has been employed at Mid-America Reformed Seminary since 2016.
A federal complaint for charges of distributing child pornography has been issued against Michael Deckinga, the vice president of advancement at Mid-America Reformed Seminary.
And lessons parents and churches can learn in protecting children online
A Virginia youth pastor has been arrested and accused of solicitation of sexual materials from minors.
Arrest comes as denomination defends its handling of sex predators
As the Assemblies of God faces scrutiny over alleged failures to stop sexual predators, another affiliated youth leader has been hit with criminal charges.
Jurisdiction issue delayed his arrest for over a year
An Oklahoma pastor has been fired from his church and removed from the board of a Christian school after being arrested on multiple “peeping Tom” charges. Kendrick Oakley was arrested August 6 and charged with ...
At least six women have accused Gregory Wayne Jones of abuse
An Idaho pastor has been charged with human sex trafficking and forcible penetration after reaching a plea agreement with local prosecutors.
