Category Archive for : ‘CHURCH’

The allegation stems from an incident that occurred sometime in 2010 or 2011

By Chris HarrisFebruary 03, 2022 03:18 PM

Leon Albert Prince
| CREDIT: ELMORE COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE

An Alabama man who unsuccessfully sought a pardon in 2020 for a decades-old rape conviction is facing disturbing new allegations, PEOPLE learned.

Leon Albert Prince, a 77-year-old former Sunday school teacher who was convicted of raping a 7-year-old girl in 1972, was indicted last month on one count of sex abuse of a child under the age of 12, a spokeswoman for the Elmore County District Attorney’s

Former Cleveland Catholic Diocese priest Robert McWilliams took his own life while serving his sentence for child sex crimes at a Pennsylvania prison.

McWilliams, 41, pleaded guilty in federal court in July to two counts of sex trafficking of a minor, three counts of sexual exploitation of a child, and one count each of transportation of child pornography, receipt and distribution of visual depiction of a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct and possession of child pornography. He was sentenced to life in prison.

The Federal Bureau of Prisons said McWilliams, who

March 30, 2021
Edward Lewis
Times Leader

SHICKSHINNY — A Hunlock Township man awaiting sentencing after admitting he sexually assaulted two girls nearly 40 years ago was arrested Tuesday on allegations he sexually abused a boy inside Roaring Brook Baptist Church.
Richard Garnett, 68, of Roaring Brook Drive, is accused of sexually assaulting a boy while he was a games director volunteer during AWANA classes inside the church, according to court records.
State police allege the assaults occurred between 2004 and 2006 in the basement of the church while other children participated in AWANA activities

February 22, 2021
Mary Schenk
News Gazette

URBANA — A former youth minister at a Champaign church who admitted repeatedly having sex with an underage teen parishioner faces up to 23 years in prison when he is sentenced.

Roger VanRaden, 49, whose last known address was on County Road 2900 North in rural Rantoul, pleaded guilty Monday to two counts of criminal sexual assault for having sex with a teenage girl who was in his congregation.

In a plea agreement negotiated by Assistant State’s Attorney Troy Lozar and Urbana attorney Evan Bruno, the state dismissed

January 5, 2021
Shannon Smith
Cleveland 19

NORTH OLMSTED, Ohio (WOIO) – A youth pastor and his wife have been indicted on charges for allegedly engaging in sexual acts with a young girl.

David and Anna Walker of North Ridgeville now face several counts of sexual battery.

North Olmsted Police say the couple turned themselves in to the Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s Office on Monday, after a joint investigation with North Ridgeville Police.

19 News obtained a copy of the indictment, which says the alleged sexual assault happened in December 2004 with a then 14-year-old girl and

December 22, 2020
Allison Latos
WSOCTV

CHARLOTTE — There are new claims alleging that a former priest sexually abused a boy inside a Ballantyne church.

Former Catholic priest Robert Yurgel is a free man after he went to prison in 2009 for abusing an altar boy at St. Matthews in the late 1990s.

Another man now claims Yurgel abused him there when he was as young as five years old.

“It was all on the grounds on the church,” said Nate Foote, attorney for the victim, who is now in his late 20s. “Yurgel convinced