Posted on 03/16/2022 5:59:47 PM PDT by Morgana
(Church Leaders) A pastor in Jacksonville, Fla., was arrested on Wednesday, March 9, and charged with capital sexual battery in a case where the abuse dates back at least 30 years, according to authorities. Two other church members, Jerome Teschendorf (68) and Vernon Williamson (85), were arrested on the same charge as Paul Dyal (78), founder and pastor of The Jacksonville Assembly of the Body of Christ.
“It should be noted that through the course of the investigation we have identified and spoken to numerous victims and witnesses,” said the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office (JSO). “As a result, investigators believe there are additional suspects involved in the reported crimes. This long-term investigation was conducted in partnership with the U.S. Marshals, State Attorney’s Office, and the Florida Department of Children and Families.”
One of Paul Dyal’s victims told News4Jax, “Living with it and just knowing that all those years nobody would listen to me and he was free and now he’s actually in jail, it’s numb, surreal but some kind of a little bit of closure.”
Paul Dyal founded The Jacksonville Assembly of the Body of Christ, which currently has at least 78 people, in Jacksonville in the 1970s. A school connected with the church, as well as Dyal’s house, are on church property, and the pastor also ran a music store at one point.
JSO raided Jacksonville Assembly on Wednesday, interrupting worship services and subsequently arresting Dyal. Teschendorf and Williamson were arrested in Oklahoma.
All three men were charged with capital sexual battery, a crime involving a perpetrator aged 18 years or older and a victim under the age of 12. According to Musca Law, the penalty for capital sexual battery is life imprisonment without parole or death by lethal injection or electrocution.
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Gen pop should make everyone happy. Except the perps.
I thought the Supreme Court had ruled that the death penalty could only be imposed for murder.
Too bad they got away with it for so long.
My hero, Joe Paterno was just as guilty. He didn’t do it but does it matter?
Gen pop should make everyone happy. Except the perps.
Which is nothing compared to what they’ll face on the Other Side.
“the penalty for capital sexual battery is life imprisonment without parole or death by lethal injection or electrocution”
I’m not so sure about the death penalty.....I know for sure we don’t use the electric chair in Fla and haven’t for a long while so that’s not accurate.
JoePa mighta been the very first person in the country to be canceled...we just didn’t know what to call it back then.
Did they? Even that one dude at 85 was still caught. That old f***** should be enjoying his golden years but now he’s going to be dying in prison. His sin found him
Oh it’s the death penalty. Take a look at their mugshots. I’m pretty sure that one dude is so old his Social Security number is like 7.
All of them not gonna do so well in prison.
You are correct. Kennedy v. Louisiana in 2008.
The fly by night blog didn’t bother to check out the facts beyond Googling “Musca Law.”
The OP has a strange fascination with rape and molestation topics.
Bookmarked under “When Catholic priests are villified by protestants”
As a former inmate who actually served the lifers at FSP,including Bundy, I can tell you that the chair can still be used
It’s the cons choice.
If they’re going back 30+ years and are looking to kill these guys, they better have an ironclad case - something that’s not just based on someone’s claim.
Capital punishment is a one high bar and these elderly guys, if convicted, would die in custody before too long anyway.
Why I don’t go to any church. They can’t be trusted
922.105 Execution of death sentence; prohibition against reduction of death sentence as a result of determination that a method of execution is unconstitutional.—
(1) A death sentence shall be executed by lethal injection, unless the person sentenced to death affirmatively elects to be executed by electrocution. The sentence shall be executed under the direction of the Secretary of Corrections or the secretary’s designee.
Let’s be honest here okay? The scandal in the Catholic Church just got the ball rolling. This sort of thing has been going on since The Bible, check in the book of Samuel it’s there.
Catholics opened up about being abused now all other survivors in other religions be it Protestant, Jewish, Muslim, whatever are now going to come forward.
I expect much much more in years to come
https://kfor.com/news/local/2-florida-sexual-battery-fugitives-arrested-in-oklahoma/
Two ugly vile white guys...
There is no way the higher ups didn’t know about this.
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