Replies

Ex-Youth Minister Pleads Guilty To Sex Abuse

Posted: Jan 25, 2011 10:01 PM

OWENSBORO (AP) - A former youth minister already convicted of sex abuse has pleaded guilty to four more counts.

Jacob Allen Conder was scheduled to go to trial Tuesday in Daviess Circuit Court on the four felony charges, but the Messenger-Inquirer reports that he entered a guilty plea Friday. Under terms of the plea, he would serve three years concurrently with a one-year sentence he received in December for a similar charge in Letcher County.

Conder was a deputy constable and a youth director at Wing Avenue Baptist Church in Owensboro when the allegations were made....
http://www.lex18.com/news/ex-youth-minister-pleads-guilty-to-sex-abuse

Rape trial of Bayside pastor By Anna Gustafson Friday, January 28, 2011 11:07 AM EST The trial for the Bayside pastor who faces charges of raping an underage girl who is related to him is expected to start in March, a spokeswoman for the Queens district attorney said. Pre-trial hearings wrapped up this month for Phillip Joubert, 48, pastor of the Community Baptist Church at 46-19 206th St. in Bayside. Joubert’s next court date is March 4, the DA’s office said. Joubert, who has been pastor of the church for seven years, has pleaded not guilty to charges that he raped a 13-year-old girl twice between July 25, 2009, and Aug. 2, 2009, according to the Queens DA. The girl is related to Joubert, according to the criminal complaint, although the Queens DA has not specified the specific family connection. The church leader, who is also the founding pastor of New Light Missionary Baptist Church in Norwalk, Conn., faces charges of rape, incest, sexual abuse and endangering the welfare of a child, the Queens DA said. Joubert’s attorney did not return a phone call for comment. In 2009, Joubert allegedly “laid down on top” of the victim, “held her hands above her head as she cried and struggled to get out from underneath him” and then “hit her in the face, telling her to ‘be quiet,’” according to the criminal complaint. The pastor used his church as collateral to post his $350,000 bail in December 2009, according to the Queens DA.... http://www.yournabe.com/articles/2011/01/28/queens/qns_bayside_pastor_trial_20110127.txt