Pastor Sharon Daugherty's VCC Church Staffers Face Charges For Failure to Report Sexual Abuse

We just reported this week that Victory Christian Center in Tulsa has been questioned by the local police into how they handled accusations of sexual assault at their church. It was reported they interviewed victims and suspects, fired subsequent suspects and notified parents and police two weeks later.

Well, it appears there was seemingly a cover up for a sex scandal that would have riddled the church. This is exactly what the church did, according to reports. Now, days later, staffers at Victory Christian Center may be charged with misdemeanors in the case.

Read report below from KRMG:

Five staffers at Victory Christian Center face charges of failure to report child abuse, a misdemeanor, after they apparently knew about the reported rape of a 13-year-old girl as well as other sexual improprieties by VCC employees but failed to tell police for more than two weeks.

Court documents obtained by KRMG indicate Paul Wilemstein, Anna George, Harold (Frank) Sullivan, Charica Daugherty and John Daugherty each face one count of failure to report child abuse.

Also Monday, Tulsa County D.A. Tim Harris' office charged Israel Castillo, a former VCC employee, with one count each of lewd or indecent proposal to a child and use of a computer to facilitate a sex crime.

Chris Denman was named by one of the victims as a suspect for use of a computer to facilitate a sex crime.

Denman and Castillo were interns employed at VCC at the time the reported crimes occurred last August. Those charges are considered felonies.


Finally, there is a spokesman for Victory Christian Center who released the following statement Monday evening:

District Attorney Tim Harris filed charges today against five employees of Victory Christian Center for Failure to Report Abuse or Neglect of Child Under 18.

The employees involved were a high school outreach program director, an associate youth pastor, the director of the Human Resources department, and John and Charica Daugherty, who work at the church as sr. high youth pastor and assistant sr. high youth pastor.

Last Friday, in response to the delay in reporting the alleged rape, Victory Christian Center suspended three of these employees who were aware of the allegation and did not report it in a timely manner in accordance with an internal policy on reporting suspected cases of abuse or neglect. The police investigation additionally determined that John and Charica both had some awareness of this incident. Because of this finding, the ministry has also suspended John and Charica in accordance with our disciplinary policies while we continue an internal investigation.

Again, we ask that your thoughts and prayers be with the victims and their families.

Let's keep in mind that John and Charica Daugherty are related to the pastor, Sharon Daugherty of Victory Christian Center. John married Charica Jacobs in May 2010. John is the son of Sharon and late husband Billy Joe Daugherty. They have been suspended (most likely 'on administrative leave with pay) from their church positions yet the other staffers were fired for their involvement in the case. Quite convenient, we'd say.

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Tulsa's Victory Christian Center Questioned How They Handled Sexual Abuse Allegations

Tulsa's Victory Christian Center Questioned How They Handled Sexual Abuse Allegations

We have some really disturbing news about what one church did not do to protect others in their congregation.

Court records have shown that Victory Christian Center in Tulsa waited two weeks before reporting allegations that a man had raped a 13-year-old girl.

Tulsa Police said two employees of Victory Christian Center in Tulsa are accused of having sexual relationships with two underage girls.

Police officers were called but Victory had already interviewed the victims and the suspects. Following the interviews, the church then fired the two men before notifying the girls' parents or police on August 15. Records show they contacted parents and police on August 30.

Oklahoma law states the obvious: Any person who suspects child abuse must report it in a timely manner.

Child Crisis detectives are accusing Victory Christian of not following protocol or policy in this type of situation.

Court records state:

The two Victory Christian adult employees met the two girls at summer camp and stayed in touch with them through Facebook and cell phones, exchanging sexually explicit messages and engaging in sexual relationships, however neither girl is old enough to legally consent, according to a report from NEWS6 in Tulsa.

One of the girls told police one of the men who forced her was named Chris Denman. She stated he hit her until she resisted.

Denman was arrested last week and has been charged with four crimes, including rape and child molestation.

Pastor Sharon Daugherty, Victory Christian Center

Police are disappointed that weeks in between the incidents and the reported has affected the case:

"I do think it did have some harm, because we had forensic evidence that was gone by the time we were notified," said Corporal Greg Smith. "There were persons we needed to talk to, who were no longer there and it took time to track them down. There have been some problems with the delay."

"We can prove our case, but it would've been easier and much more solid a case, had we been involved from the beginning when we could gather all the evidence available then—not what's left over two to three weeks later," Smith said.

Smith said he wants everyone to know they have a legal obligation to report suspected child abuse in a timely manner. Specially trained professionals should have handled the interviewing of victims and suspects.

One prosecutor told me it's hard to believe an organization the size of Victory Christian wouldn't be aware of the reporting requirements, especially after all the publicity at Penn State recently.

Failing to report suspected child abuse, in Oklahoma law, is a misdemeanor.

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TBN's Alleged Deathbed Declaration From Paul Crouch Sr is Questionable

TBN's Alleged Deathbed Declaration From Paul Crouch Sr is Questionable

We have to ask you once again: Who really follows people like this? We may be redundant in our query but really, would any of us in our right minds send one red cent (old school term for 'a dime') of our hard earned money to a women who looks like this? It all seems like a big joke at the circus and they have been laughing all the way to the bank for years now. Just saying... Enough said.

Now, as peculiar as the photo looks and not sure why she needs to make such an expression while holding a handwritten note, but it is apparently a part of some handing over of the network to their son, Matt Crouch.

Read the report below:

A photograph entered into the court record of what appears to be Jan Crouch, her head tossed back in ecstasy, showing off a letter that is alleged to have been written by her husband, Paul, on what was assumed to be his deathbed.

In this letter, according to documents filed in Orange County Superior Court, the ailing Paul Crouch Sr. decided who would lead the Trinity empire after he was gone. It would not be his namesake, son Paul Crouch Jr. – but another son, Matthew Crouch.
“The photo was taken by Matthew Crouch in mid September 2011 while Paul Crouch Sr. was in the hospital suffering from congestive heart failure,” says the declaration of Michael Koper. “Apparently, Matthew Crouch and Jan Crouch were celebrating what they believed was Paul Crouch Sr.’s impending death and Matthew Crouch’s promotion to President of TBN that would subsequently occur.”

Its clear to us all Paul Crouch Sr. has yet to pass on but Matthew Crouch is, indeed now in charge of Trinity’s day-to-day operations.

The photo of Jan Crouch holding the letter was included in  a 70-page declaration filed in support of Carra Crouch by Michael Koper. The letter  is supposed to help suss out whether he and Brittany Koper are bound by an old confidentiality and arbitration agreements they had signed with Trinity.

This folks is going to be a long uphill battle between the Crouches, their granddaughter and former employees of TBN. Like we stated in previous posts, we've been waiting a long time to see the TBN empire crumble and we pray the people start using more discernment before giving to scoundrels like these.

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Greenville Pastor Jim Carr Murdered During a Two Thug Home Robbery, Suspects Arrested

Greenville Pastor Jim Carr Murdered During a Two Thug Home Robbery, Suspects Arrested

Police in Greenville say they've arrested two men who killed a 60-year-old retired pastor, Jim Carr.

The former and retired Jim Carr was killed when a robbery went wrong in his home the midle part of August, this year.

Investigators from the Greenville Police on Saturday have arrested 20-year-old Tyrell Deltwon Artis and 22-year-old Shamel Rayvon Allen Brown and they have been charged with murder. Both men are being charged with one count each of murder, and one count each of first degree burglary. They are be held without bond pending their first appearance in court this week.

The two men have had prior arrests on their record. Brown was already in jail at the time for unrelated charges including assault on a female, larceny, resisting police, breaking & entering, and breaking in to motor vehicles. Artis was found and arrested. He has priors for breaking & entering, possession of firearm by a felon, assault, and larceny. He is believed to be the gunman.


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Former French Prime Minister Faces Charges in Corruption Scandal

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Former French Prime Minister Faces Charges in Corruption Scandal

Former French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin was in police custody today after being arrested in connection with a corruption scandal.

The 58-year-old has been implicated in a fraud enquiry centered on the prestigious Relais & Chateaux (R&C) hotel and restaurant club.

Regis Bulot, 64, a former senior manager at R&C, spent seven months in prison this year while waiting trial over the alleged theft of 1 million pounds through over-charging for the club’s guidebooks, which are available all over Britain.

De Villepin is a close personal friend of Bulot. The close friends and their families have often holidayed together in R&C hotels all over the world.

Now transcripts of telephone conversations have emerged from late 2011 which are said to prove De Villepin tried to stop R&C’s new management from proceeding with court action against Bulot.

There are also suspicions that some of the money siphoned away from R&C may have been used to fund De Villepin’s political career.

Bulot has admitted to receiving illegal cash payments but denies involvement in any illicit political financing.

De Villepin admits going to see the new R&C management about his friend, but insists it was at their invitation.

‘I have strictly nothing to feel bad about,’ he said before his arrest. ‘To try and implicate me in a story in which I have nothing do with is unbearable.’

The scandal also follows former president Jacques Chirac receiving a suspended prison sentence for fraud last year.

Nicolas Sarkozy, Chirac’s successor, is also facing allegations that he received illegal cash payments from Lilliane Bettencourt, France’s richest women.

Both Chirac and Sarkozy were once close cabinet allies of De Villepin, a fellow conservative, but they have since all fallen out.

Police confirmed that Mr De Villepin was being questioned at a station in central Paris following a request by judges sitting in Strasbourg, eastern France. He can be held for up to 48 hours before being charged or released.

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Brunswick Pastor Patrick Edouard Found Not Guilty on Sexual Abuse, Guilty on Sexual Exploitation

Brunswick Pastor Patrick Edouard Found Not Guilty on Sexual Abuse, Guilty on Sexual Exploitation

A jury in the Pastor Pastor Edouard case has announced a split verdict on last Friday.

Edouard was found not guilty of three counts of third-degree sexual abuse but the jury found him guilty of all four counts of sexual exploitation by a counselor, therapist, school employee or clergy. They also found him guilty of having a pattern, practice or scheme to sexually exploit.

News reports from KCCI:

Four women in Edouard's former congregation at Covenant Reform Church in Pella said he used his influence as a pastor and counselor to draw them into having sexual relations. Three of the women said the first sexual encounter with Edouard was rape.

Assistant Iowa Attorney General Scott Brown said they were hoping for convictions on the sex abuse charges and believed they had the evidence to prove them.

“Ultimately, in the end, we’re just happy and very pleased with the outcome,” Brown said. “We knew the sexual abuse charges were a real uphill battle because of the nature of the relationships that our victims had with the defendant.”

Pastor Patrick Edouard faces up to nine years in prison.

“We’re very pleased with the verdict. We know it was a very difficult case, difficult for the victims, difficult for their families, difficult for the jury to hear the type of evidence they had to hear, and we’re very happy with the verdict that was entered,” Brown said.

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Former Priest Michael Stephen Baker in Prison for 12 Felony Counts of Sexual Abuse on Boys

Former Priest Michael Stephen Baker in Prison for 12 Felony Counts of Sexual Abuse on Boys

A former priest Michael Stephen Baker pleaded guilty five years ago to 12 felony counts of sexually abusing boys was arrested last month at the Resort at Pelican Hill, the OC Weekly reported.

Baker was arrested on Aug. 17 after he was discovered violating his probation while standing next to a pool where children were swimming. He's now in a county jail.

“Baker pleaded guilty in Los Angeles Superior Court in 2007 to 12 felony counts of oral copulation with a person under the age of 18 for abusing two boys he met during the 1980s,” the Weekly reported. “His original sentence was 10 years, but California justice being as skewed as it is, he was released just last year.”

Corona del Mar resident and lawyer John Manly, who specializes in sexual abuse cases and has two cases against Baker that are scheduled to go to trial in November.

“I have to give credit to the parole officers who tracked him there and got him,” Manly said. “They did a good job. But there is something fundamentally wrong with our system that he could do this. He’s a really, really dangerous pedophile. The fact that he’s a mile from my house is not exactly reassuring.”

This man was probably playing things close all along thinking he'd get away with it. Not!!

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