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Texas Pastor Hit With $124 Million Child Sex Judgment

Fort Worth’s Fox affiliate reports: A Tarrant County jury awarded $124 million to a woman who accused her former pastor of sexual abuse. In 2017, Jose Francisco Bernal was arrested and charged with the continuous sexual abuse of two children who attended his church in Fort Worth. Bernal is the former pastor at Tabernacle of Life Pentecostal Church. One of …

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MS Pastor Arrested On Child Porn, Child Sex Charges

Jackson’s NBC affiliate reports: Crystal Springs pastor is behind bars Thursday after he was arrested for statutory rape. Crystal Springs Police Chief Robert Thomas said Christopher Willett is facing multiple charges after the victim came to the police station with a psychologist detailing the abuse. Willett is a pastor at First Presbyterian Church of Crystal Springs. He is charged with …

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MO Youth Pastor Pleads Guilty To Child Porn Charges

Jefferson City’s KJLU reports: A former church youth ministry volunteer in Phelps County pleaded guilty in federal court to a child pornography offense. Bradley Colvin, 52, of Rolla, was arrested last March following a Missouri State Highway Patrol investigation into online child pornography. Colvin was identified as a suspect after he shared child pornography online with a person who was …

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Illinois Pastor Arrested On Multiple Child Porn Charges

Rockford’s CBS affiliate reports: A Beloit pastor is accused of sharing child pornography, according to police. Anthony Dusso, 53, of South Beloit, faces four Class X counts of dissemination of child pornography <13 and two Class 1 counts of dissemination of child pornography <18. In December 2024, South Beloit police say they got a tip from the National Center for …

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Georgia Youth Pastor Arrested On Child Porn Charges

Atlanta First News reports: A youth pastor at an Alpharetta church was arrested Wednesday on several child pornography charges. Daniel Menelaou was charged with six counts of possession or control of any material depicting a minor in sexually explicit conduct. The charges stem from several sexually explicit videos involving children being shared through a messaging app, arrest warrants state. Arrest …

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