Paragons of Virtue Arrested

Ohio pastor Silas H. Shelton, who previously called for a ban on LGBTQ+ books and Pride flags, was arrested on October 16 for alleged sexual assault of a child.

A Santa Ana pastor has been sentenced to 45 years to life in prison for sexually assaulting three young girls.

Pastor Morris built one of the largest megachurch in Texas.

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A Dallas zionist rabbi who publicly spread false claims about Hamas raping Israeli women on October 7 has been arrested for sexually abusing a teenage boy.

It’s always the ones, (i.e republicans)you suspect

RANDOLPH COUNTY, N.C. — Authorities in Randolph County arrested Lucas Timothy Hunt, 25, of Asheboro, known as the founder of the “Thank You Jesus” signs movement, on a felony child exploitation charge after a month-long investigation.

Pratt announced Monday that Mullen had been “immediately terminated” following her arrest.

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Amber Richards, described years of manipulation and sexual abuse that began when she was 14.

An ABC News yearlong investigation into the 2x2 Church, a Christian sect so secretive most people have never heard of it, has uncovered allegations of widespread child sexual abuse and subsequent coverups.

Pope Francis has taken the unusual decision to expel 10 people from a troubled Catholic movement in Peru after a Vatican investigation uncovered “sadistic” abuses of power, authority and spirituality.

Anthony Odiong is accused of sexual assault by at least eight women whom the priest had been counseling

Republican West Virginia State Senator Mike Maroney was arrested this week and charged with indecent exposure after he was seen performing what local news station WTRF describes as “an overt act of self-gratification” in public.

Emerging from the Americas and now appearing in Europe, the Philippines, Nigeria and South Africa, today’s narco-evangelists share an increasingly popular strand of Christianity: Pentecostalism. It’s the fastest-growing religion in the world, already with around 650 million followers. A branch of evangelical Protestantism, in recent decades Pentecostalism has become the faith of the world’s poor. In large part, this is because of its particular focus on the Holy Spirit’s role in health and wealth, but there is also the significant lure of the faith’s deep authenticity, rooted in local cultures. Much of this is due to the fact that there is little in the way of authority structures and pastoral oversight. Not only is there no Pentecostal pope, but all you really need to be a preacher is followers.

A former Vermont State Police trooper pleaded guilty Wednesday to a lesser charge after being accused of sexually assaulting an ex-girlfriend’s daughter over several years, the Brattleboro Reformer reported.

The religious leader of a “shamanistic community” in Southern California was charged with rape, child sexual abuse and other sex crimes after “multiple victims” came forward.

The investigation showed that the young child “suffered broken bones, severe bruising, and was the victim of sexual violence,” according to a press release

Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) has charged a former Ottawa police deputy chief with sexual assault over an incident that occurred while he was an inspector.

An Orange County woman filed a federal lawsuit Monday against an Anaheim Police Department officer, alleging that he raped her after seeing her at an In-N-Out Burger and getting her name by running her license plate number.

Two former Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputies and former members of the British and Australian militaries are facing decades in prison after they allegedly extorted an Irvine man out of tens of millions of dollars.

According to an arrest warrant affidavit, an undercover Plano officer posed as a prostitute and placed an ad on a website that is commonly used by individuals to solicit sex for money.

Aberdeen Councilman Riley Carter, 39, was arrested Tuesday evening on suspicion of first-degree rape of a child.

The mayor of a Louisiana city near the state’s border with Texas abruptly resigned from her post days before authorities jailed her on suspicion of raping a boy while she served in office.

Additional testimony from an alleged criminal sexual conduct victim Monday led to nine felony charges being added to Living Word Church Associate Pastor Randy Saylor’s list of crimes.

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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A sitting Tennessee sheriff pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges that he illegally profited from the work of jail inmates under his supervision and housed dozens of them in a home outside of the prison without permission.

A York County judge has sentenced a former volunteer at a Red Lion youth center to prison in a sexual abuse case.

Tuesday morning in a courtroom in Virginia Beach, VBPD officer Sean Fearon retained an attorney but did not appear in court himself.

South High Community School educator Shawn Baillargeon, 54, was charged with aggravated child rape, child rape and indecent assault and battery on a child under 14 on Monday, Rutland police said previously. Little information has been released about the allegations against him, but court documents indicate that the alleged assaults happened sometime between 2016 and 17, and police said that more than one complaint was made against Baillargeon.

A serving Metropolitan Police officer has been charged with sexual assaults on two children in Surrey.

A doctor accused of sexually assaulting two women has been charged with the rape of a third patient.