Church Scandals- AT2W's Top List of 2012

It's never a joy have to report church scandals and church sex scandals on our site. We don't do it for entertainment. We do it to inform the public of what kind of things are going on in the church and what to look out for. By now, all of our new readers should be aware of the ungodly things that happen in the church. Let us continue to pray for the victims and the culprits involved. Read more at: Church Scandals That Made AT2W’s Top List in 2012 | A...

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Brooklyn Teacher Accused of Sex with Girl While Wife Was Attending Church Services

A Brooklyn middle school music teacher and trumpet player bedded a teenage member of his wife’s youth choir — and even had sex with the girl while his wife was at church, officials said. Vaughn McKinney, a teacher at IS 59 in Queens, was arrested this morning on charges of rape and sexual misconduct, cops said. Read more at: Music Teacher from Brooklyn Accused of Sex with Girl While Wife Was Attending Church Services | A...

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Bishop Wiley Jackson and Family Member Indicted in Investment scheme

SCR readers, it never stops when it comes to these televangelists getting caught up in a scandal, this time it has to do with money, not sex.  Bishop Wiley Jackson, a well-known pastor of three corporate churches in the area of Atlanta has been indicted on charges investment scheme, along... Read more at: Bishop Wiley Jackson and brother indicted in investment scheme | A...

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Priest James Schook Dying of Cancer But Faces Sex Abuse Trial

A Louisville Catholic priest with terminal cancer is scheduled to go on trial next year to face charges he sexually abused two boys in the 1970s. The trial was delayed in May because doctors said there was a possibility the Rev. James Schook, who has stage four skin cancer, might not live to the end of the year. Read more at Kentucky Priest James Schook Dying of Cancer But Faces Sex Abuse Trial | A...

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Pastor Travis Smith's Fate Lie in Hands of the Congregation for Past Sex Abuse Charges

Pastor Travis Smith's Fate Lie in Hands of the Congregation for Past Sex Abuse Charges The Rev. Travis Smith has made a point to address his congregation about forgiveness stating: "For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you," he read from the Gospel of Matthew. It's interesting because since Pastor Smith's arrest in October on sexual abuse and statutory rape charges, which follow similar allegations from 2010, forgiveness from...

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Accused Bishop Joseph Walker Sex Lawsuits All Dismissed By Judge

Bishop Joseph Walker Sex Lawsuits All Dismissed By Judge A judge has dismissed the claims in a lawsuit filed against Bishop Joseph Walker III of Mt. Zion Baptist Church and this includes the most recent claims that were just detailed and amended for the court with accuser Ms. Batson. The Tennessean reports: Former church member Valencia Batson had sued Walker, Mt. Zion and several other ministers earlier this year for alleged sexual abuse. Many church leaders have called the allegations...

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Louisville Pastor Arrested for Rape of a Teen Boy

Louisville Pastor Arrested for Rape of a Teen Boy Louisville Metro police say they've taken a local church pastor accused of sex crimes off the streets! It's all part of the Metro Police Department's Special Victims Unit a New Albany church pastor in custody and was arrested for sex crimes with a teenage boy. "He is a pastor at a church over in New Albany," said Sgt. Donny Burbrink, of the LMPD's Special Victims Unit. "He had been charged with a couple of counts of sodomy first." The...

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Florida Pastor and School Dean Arrested for Child Abuse

Florida Pastor and School Dean Arrested for Child Abuse Report from WKRG: We are happy the abuse was not sexual but if the pastor apparently went too far in physically disciplining a student, then this is just as bad. Let's see what happen in the story below. A local pastor, Willie Demps, who is also an administrator of a local Christian Academy, was arrested yesterday after a student accused him of punching her several times in the leg for misbehaving and paddling her on two...

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Associate Pastor Clarence Tyrone Taylor arrested by A Child Predator Unit

Lancaster County Associate Pastor Clarence Tyrone Taylor arrested by A Child Predator Unit Fox 43 News has provided details of a crime committed by so many but its especially disturbing when a member of the clergy is doing the preying on our youth. Here's the story below and how this case is being used to get parents more involved in what their children are doing online. Agents from the Attorney General’s Child Predator Unit have arrested an associate pastor from Lancaster County accused...

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The Catholic Church Sex Scandal: Wants to Redact Making Church Leaders Names Public | AT2W

It's really unbelievable but after years of legal twists and turns, the Archdiocese of Los Angeles is set to make public the confidential personnel records of all priests accused of molesting children. Victims said the files would provide accountability for church leaders who let pedophiles remain in the ministry, but unfortunately and conveniently, the documents have been 'scrubbed' of those identities, which many regard as the most important information. Read more at: The Catholic Church...

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Victory Christian Center Employee Gets 55 Years for Sex Crimes Against Minors

Victory Christian Center Employee Gets 55 Years for Sex Crimes Against Minors Wow! That's a serious and stiff sentence but when y0u read below what the young suspect said about his crimes, you wouldn't want him back on the street either. Tulsa World reports: A former Victory Christian Center employee, Chris Denman was sentenced Wednesday to 55 years in prison after pleading guilty to several sex crime charges involving three underage girls. Chris Denman, 20, was sentenced...

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Megachurch Pastor Sued By Couple for $6.6 Million, Says He Had Sex With Man's Wife While in Marriage Counseling

Megachurch Pastor Sued By Couple for $6.6 Million, Says He Had Sex With Man's Wife While in Marriage Counseling Pastor Dale Lee McFarland is known for his role in the "Purpose Driven Church" movement. He left his position as a Microsoft executive to start a megachurch in Arizona and travel the world with evangelist Rick Warren. McFarland's congregation, Radiant Church in Surprise, Arizona received the Church Health Award from Purpose Driven Ministries and had grown to be...

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Attorney General Eric Holder to Launch Global Alliance Against Child Sexual Abuse Online | AT2W

Attorney General Eric Holder and European Union (EU) Commissioner for Home Affairs Cecilia Malmström launched the Global Alliance Against Child Sexual Abuse Online at a ministerial conference on Dec. 5, 2012, in Brussels. The initiative aims to unite decision-makers all around the world to better identify and assist victims and to prosecute the perpetrators. Read more at: Attorney General Eric Holder to Launch Global Alliance Against Child Sexual Abuse Online | A...

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President Obama Signed the Child Protection Act of 2012

President Obama Signed the Child Protection Act of 2012 Which Doubles Prison Terms On the afternoon of Dec. 7, 2012, the President signed H.R. 6063, the Child Protection Act of 2012, in the Oval Office of the White House. The Child Protection Act of 2012 doubles prison terms from 10 to 20 years for certain offenses. The BCCourier.com reported: The bipartisan legislation safeguards young victims of child pornography, sexual abuse and sex trafficking by strengthening the law enforcement...

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Nigeria's Pentecostal Preachers Justify Expanding Ministries By Owning Private Jets

Nigeria's Pentecostal Preachers Justify Expanding Ministries By Owning Private Jets Nigerian Pentecostal preachers have long been accused of living extravagantly but purchasing private jets has come to be the next target of the controversial topic. The president of the Christian Association of Nigeria is being scrutinized for receiving an extravagant private jet to justify his need to preach across the globe. The Christian Today reported: The multi-million dollar jet—a 10-seater with...

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Church Shooting: Pennsylvania Man Shoots and Kills Ex-Wife During Church Service

Church Shooting: PA Man Shoots to Kill  Ex-Wife During Church Service This will be the third church shooting we've heard of in the past 2 months. What a shame this has to go on, especially at church. An elementary school music teacher walked into a church in the middle of Sunday services, walked down the middle of the aisle and fatally shot his ex-wife as she sat in a pew, police said. Gregory Eldred, 52, is the man who committed the sinister deed in the middle of church services. Eldred...

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Former Pastor Arthur A. B. Schirmer to stand trial in first wife’s death

  This is very sad, this man who once stood in the pulpit preaching the Word of God must stand trial for murder, once again.   District Judge Kim Wolfe allegedly has discovered ample evidence against the former pastor, Arthur A. B. Schirmer.  After being found guilty in the death of his second wife, Betty Jean Schirmer who was in a staged car accident, he now will be stand trial for... Read more at: Former Pastor Arthur A. B. Schirmer to stand trial in first wife’s death...

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Former Pastor of First AME of L.A. Sued for Conspiring to Keep Control of Church Business

Former Pastor of First AME of L.A. Sued for Conspiring to Keep Control of Church Business The oldest black church in Los Angeles, First AME Church of L.A. has filed a lawsuit against its former pastor John J. Hunter, his wife Denise for refusing to relinquish control of the church's nonprofit organizations. There's a 14-page lawsuit, which was filed last Tuesday by the First African Methodist Episcopal Church. It is filled with allegations against the Rev. John J. Hunter and...

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Church Shooting: Florida Mega Church Gunman Shoots Woman Then Kills Himself Outside Church

Church Shooting: Florida Mega Church Gunman Shoots Woman Then Kills Himself Outside Church Here we go again with gunshots ringing at a church service. This time its at the well known preacher's Florida church, Faith Center Church in Sunrise led by Pastors Henry and Carol Fernandez. It seems like we can't get to the end of the year without more violence happening at the church, of all places! Read the report by NBC News: A Florida church service ended in tragedy Sunday afternoon when a...

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Pastor James Burton Accused of Child Molestation of Young Girl for Over 2 Years

Pastor James Burton Accused of Child Molestation of Young Girl for Over 2 Years The pastor of a Fort Wayne church, James Burton was arrested on four felony charges of child molestation on last week. Pastor James Burton, 50, of Greater Faith Baptist Church is accused of inappropriately touching a girl who was a foster child in his care. Police said the incident happened between June 2009 and early this year, reports a Fort Wayne news website. Court documents said that the girl told a school...

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Orlando's Summit Church Pastor's Suicide Note Found While Affair Exposed and Domestic Violence Allegations

Orlando's Summit Church Pastor's Suicide Note Found While Affair Exposed and Domestic Violence Allegations Isaac Hunter is the senior pastor of Summit Church. The Orlando Sentinel reports that Hunter has issued his resignation after his downward spiral of violence, drug and alcohol abuse, and suicidal thoughts, according to a domestic violence petition filed Friday. “I currently fear for my life and the lives of our three children,” Rhonda Hunter wrote in a petition for a temporary restraining...

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Father Rolando Garcia Finally Resigns After More Sex Abuse Allegations Surface (VIDEO)

Father Rolando Garcia Finally Resigns After More Sex Abuse Allegations Surface (VIDEO) A Miami priest Father Rolando Garcia has been named in multiple sexual abuse lawsuits. Consequently, Garcia has resigned soon after fresh allegations were filed in court. Father Rolando Garcia was formerly the priest of the St. Agatha Catholic Church in west Miami-Dade and submitted a formal letter of resignation to Archdiocese of Miami effective November 21st. Read more at: AT2W!...

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Former L.A. Priest Carlos Rene Rodriguez Arrested for Child Sex Abuse, Finally

Former Los Angeles Priest Carlos Rene Rodriguez Finally Arrested for Child Sex Abuse Former LA priest Carlos Rene Rodriguez was arrested on charges of lewd acts on a child under 14. This just happens to be Rodriguez’ second arrest. In 2004, the former priest  was convicted of child sex abuse. News reports say LA church officials have known Rodriguez is a predator since 1987 yet they have fought since 2007 to keep his personnel files secret.  According to reports, the files are...

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So. Cali Church Getting Vile Emails Over Muslim Conference

Evidently, some people do not want The All Saints Episcopal Church allowing a Muslim conference held in their sanctuary, because church officials have been allegedly receiving unfavorable emails.  Although, we can understand why they do not support interfaith affiliations, we cannot understand why they just can't dust their feet and allow them... Read more at: Pasedena Church Getting Vile Emails Over Muslim Conference | A...

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Alleged Pedophile Priest Arrested Once Again

Report says: Police have once again arrested a former Windsor priest already facing 22 previous sex crime charges. Chatham-Kent police said the new charges against Linus Bastien, 86, who was a priest in Windsor and the surrounding region from 1951-97, are also for “historical sexually based offenses.” Police said the sex crimes occurred between 1963-70 while Bastien was the priest at St. Charles Parish in the village of Stephenson, in the former Township of Tilbury East. Bastien,...

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Chicago Area Pastor Christopher L. Johnson Accused of Sexual Abuse of a Minor

Chicago Area Pastor Christopher L. Johnson Accused of Sexual Abuse of a Minor An alleged victim claims her former Pentecostal church pastor sexually abused minors but his church members kept it secret and kept him on as pastor even after his wife divorced him for it, says the victim in court claims. Courthouse News reports: The plaintiff claims Pentecostal Tabernacle Bible Church Pastor Christopher L. Johnson pastor sexually abused her as a minor, after the church knew or should...

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Mt. Zion Baptist Church Pastor Bishop Joseph Walker's Accuser Amends Sex Lawsuit with More Details

Mt. Zion Baptist Church Pastor Bishop Joseph Walker's Accuser Amends Sex Lawsuit with More Details Bishop Joseph Walker of Mt. Zion Baptist Church has not been let off the hook with the lawsuits that alleges he engaged in sexual misconduct with two members. Two former members filed lawsuits against the bishop but some things have changed with the two suits. In November, one lawsuit was dismissed and the attorney for the other plaintiff filed court documents to withdraw that suit, according...

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Arizona Pastor Arrested for Allegedly Dealing Drugs Out of His Apartment

Deputies arrested Mark Derksen of Fountain Hills, and say he was selling heroin, meth and prescription drugs to people of all ages. As a pastor, Derksen, 63, worked with youth groups and senior citizens. Although his Faith Mountain Christian Church in Fountain Hills is closed, Derksen was still active in the community. Read more at: Arizona Pastor Mark Derksen Arrested for Allegedly Dealing Drugs Out of His Apartment | A...

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Arizona Pastor Mark Derksen Arrested for Allegedly Dealing Drugs Out of His Apartment

Arizona Pastor Mark Derksen Arrested for Allegedly Dealing Drugs Out of His Apartment A Valley pastor is under arrest for allegedly dealing drugs. Deputies arrested Mark Derksen of Fountain Hills, and say he was selling heroin, meth and prescription drugs to people of all ages. As a pastor, Derksen, 63, worked with youth groups and senior citizens. Although his Faith Mountain Christian Church in Fountain Hills is closed, Derksen was still active in the community. After receiving tips...

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Former White Supremacist Attends COGIC Church and Receives Jesus

Before Sunday school, Clay made a confession to Taylor that would forever change both of their lives. It was not until altar call that Clay shared his testimony with the entire church. Clay was a leader in the Aryan Brotherhood White Supremacist Group. He acknowledges, “I have spent the last 5 years making folks’ lives a living hell.” Read more at: Former White Supremacist Leader Attends COGIC Church and Gets Delivered | A...

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