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These charges include already convicted LLDM leader Naasón Joaquin Garcia, also named with five others.
Federal prosecutors have charged Naasón Joaquin Garcia and other leaders of La Luz del Mundo (LLDM) — a Mexico-based evangelical megachurch — with federal sex trafficking charges.
Mark Vega allegedly knew about several cases of sexual abuse by young men at the church.
Mark Vega, senior pastor of Ignite Life Center — an Assemblies of God congregation — has been charged with failure to report suspected child abuse.
James Randolph convicted of child sexual assault after week-long trial
On August 30, a Michigan jury convicted James Randolph, a former pastor at Living Word Church and son-in-law to televangelist Mark Barclay, after a week-long trial.
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.
