Posts under ‘Youth pastor watch’

Catching up today, via the Slog: Washington — A youth football coach with the Black Hills Junior Football League was arrested Monday night on suspicion of molesting and attempting to rape a 14-year-old player on his team after he drove the boy and his younger brother home from a game Saturday, court papers state. Derwin [...]

Thanks, Slog (Dan Savage) Tennessee: A Robertson County youth minister and substitute teacher is accused of sexual assault after incidents involving one of his underage students. Police said Timothy Felts, 43, was arrested after encounters with a 16-year-old girl in March. Felts was charged with five counts of sexual abuse by an authority figure. Police [...]

Sorry, just catching up. From Dan Savage Florida: A Center Hill man who served as a youth pastor is facing sexual battery charges following accusations he molested a boy in previous years, according to Sumter County Sheriff’s officials. An 18-year-old man told sheriff’s investigators on Tuesday that when he was 12 to 16 years old, [...]

From the Slog: Gregory Nies played Santa Claus in Lititz Springs Park. He was a youth group leader at the Lititz United Methodist Church, served on Borough Council and ran for mayor three times. And on Wednesday, Nies was arrested, accused of repeatedly sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl. Nies, 56, of South Spruce Street, was [...]

From the Seattle Times: The only remaining plaintiff in a trial against the Seattle Archdiocese settled his case Tuesday evening for $700,000, after a morning of emotional testimony about his abuse and witnesses who included a retired archbishop, high-ranking church administrators and the abuser himself. Attorney Timothy Kosnoff also said his client felt proud that [...]

Thanks to Dan Savage and SLOG, as always (I think I’ll re-post these regularly now): A teacher, coach, mentor and youth group leader is behind bars, charged with 14 felony counts of sexually abusing a minor. Police arrested 25-year-old Jenson Eugene Seifert on Friday at Birchwood Christian School… According to police, Seifert used his role [...]