Muncie pastor’s molestation trial begins
Updated: Tuesday, 10 Jan 2012, 7:36 AM EST
Published : Tuesday, 10 Jan 2012, 7:36 AM EST
MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) - A Central Indiana pastor is facing trial on charges alleging that he sexually abuse three teenage boys who were members of his congregation.
The Star Press reports that a Delaware Circuit Court jury seated Monday was scheduled to begin hearing testimony Tuesday in the case against 55-year-old Matthew A. Kidd.
The pastor of Freedom Point Apostolic Church faces charges of child molesting, sexual misconduct with a minor and vicarious sexual gratification. He’s accused of fondling the three teens, who are brothers, by having them disrobe before giving them massages and performing what he says were exams for ailments such as hernias.
Kidd has denied the allegations, which are also the basis of a lawsuit filed by the alleged victims and their family against Kidd and his Muncie church.
I wonder why RnMomof7 has no apparent concern for Protestant kids who are abused and raped by their pastors?
Former youth pastor, teacher charged with molestation
By Bob Allen
Monday, January 09, 2012
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ALABASTER, Ala. (ABP) – Residents of a Birmingham suburb expressed shock at sexual abuse charges filed against a popular school teacher who faced similar allegations, but avoided arrest, 20 years ago while he was youth minister at a Baptist church.
Police in Alabaster, Ala., arrested Daniel Montague Acker Jr., 49, Jan. 4 and charged him with three counts of first-degree child sexual abuse. A fourth charge involving a second victim was added Jan. 6.
Police said Acker admitted to molesting at least 21 female students during his 25-year tenure as a teacher at three public schools.
According to the Shelby County Reporter, Acker was accused of child abuse in 1992, but a grand jury did not indict him. At the time he was serving as a youth pastor at Alabaster’s Westwood Baptist Church.
First Baptist Church of Pelham, Ala., allowed Acker’s family to hold a spaghetti supper at the church as a fund raiser after the 1992 allegations.
“In hindsight, I wish they would have found somewhere else to have it,” First Baptist Pastor Mike Shaw told the newspaper. Shaw apologized “for allowing an event to be held in our facility which provided support for someone who used his position to prey on innocent children.”
Springfield pastor’s wife jailed for alleged sex with foster son
A Springfield woman remains jailed after being arrested last week for allegedly having sexual intercourse with her 16-year-old foster son in Washington Park.
Gwanda K. Tribbet, 47, of the 100 block of North MacArthur Boulevard is charged with aggravated criminal sexual abuse and criminal sexual assault. Her bond is set at $250,000.