Former Chi Alpha Minister at Baylor University Arrested for Child Sexual Abuse
If convicted, the alleged abuser faces a maximum of life in prison without parole.
A former campus minister for Chi Alpha at Baylor University was arrested on charges of continuous sexual abuse of a young child, then released after posting a $50,000 bond.
Christopher Hundl
Police said Christopher Hundl, 38, of Waco, Texas, is accused of encouraging two boys under the age of 15 to perform sexual acts in a sauna, witnessed by himself and another man, who is a registered sex offender.
The activity allegedly happened at the Houston home of the sex offender, described by Hundl as a grandfather figure to the boys, between the summer of 2021 and March 2022, and again in March 2022 in a sauna at Hundl’s home in Waco.
Hundl told officials that the sex offender has been a “spiritual mentor” to him since Hundl was in college and that the man considered masturbation a “spiritual activity.”
One of the boys, who was 11 at the time, said he was told not to tell anyone about the alleged abuse.
Hundl had led the Chi Alpha chapter at Baylor since 2019 but recently resigned, a Baylor spokeswoman told KWTX-TV in Waco. Chi Alpha World Fellowship is a network of Christian ministries sponsored by the Assemblies of God with a presence on more than 300 college campuses. The group is headquartered in Springfield, Missouri.
In Texas, continuous sexual abuse of a child carries a minimum penalty of 25 years in prison without parole and a maximum of life in prison without parole.
Earlier this month, a Dallas-area law firm sent a letter to several major university systems on behalf of alleged sexual abuse victims to take steps to limit the activity of Chi Alpha Ministries on their campuses.
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The firm alleges that convicted sex offender Daniel Savala used his ties with the group to gain contact with and take advantage of students.
Savala pleaded guilty in 2012 in Ketchikan, Alaska, to one charge of third-degree sexual abuse of a minor and was sentenced to two years in prison, with all but 90 days of the sentence suspended.
Since then, Savala allegedly had ties with five Chi Alpha chapters, and the law firm said students weren’t told of his registered sex offender status.
The letter demanded that the Texas A&M University System, Texas State University System, the University of Houston System, Rice University, and the University of Texas System take action to remove Chi Alpha from their campuses “before more people get hurt.”
“This must be brought to an immediate end,” it said. “If Chi Alpha’s ongoing disregard for its students continues and requires expulsion of the organization from every single campus, so be it.”
