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 Pasley, 32, a coach with the league for nine years, was arrested on suspicion of attempted third-degree child rape, third-degree child molestation and unlawful imprisonment with sexual motivation…. According to court records, Pasley was arrested on suspicion of a felony sex offense against a child in Miami-Dade County, Fla., in 1994. He subsequently was acquitted of the two counts of sexual battery of a minor, Olympia Police Cmdr. Tor Bjornstad said. In 2002, the Olympia Police Department conducted a criminal investigation into whether Pasley committed a sex offense against a child, but the Thurston County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office decided not to file charges based on a lack of evidence, Bjornstad said. Bjornstad said the 2002 complaint against Pasley involved behavior that occurred when he was acting in some capacity as a youth pastor.

Colorado —A former Longmont youth pastor who was convicted last year of sexually exploiting a teenage girl and arrested Monday on suspicion of violating his probation appeared in Boulder County District Court on Wednesday, where a judge set his bond at $50,000. Peter Kim, 41, was sentenced to one year in prison and lifetime probation after pleading guilty in March 2008 to having a three-year sexual relationship with a teenage girl he met at Longmont’s Central Presbyterian church, where he was a youth pastor.

Kentucky — A misdemeanor charge was dismissed Tuesday morning against a former youth minister and Richmond city building inspector accused of molesting two members of his Anderson County youth group. Gordon H. Lunceford, 47, appeared Tuesday before Anderson Circuit Judge Charles Hickman for a pretrial conference on charges that Lunceford molested two teenage members of the Lawrenceburg First Baptist Church youth group while serving as minister to the group in 1992. Lunceford’s attorney, Frankfort lawyer Guthrie True, filed a motion to dismiss a charge of second-degree sexual abuse against his client on the grounds that the statute of limitations on the charge had expired.

Georgia — A former Oglethorpe County youth minister is under arrest for alleged child molestation. Investigators say it’s not the first time. Forty-three-year-old Norman Pugh is jailed without bond on multiple counts of child molestation, sexual exploitation and making obscene phone calls to a child under the age of 14. Pugh once served as youth minister at the Arnoldsville Baptist Church. He was acquitted in 2006 of molesting a 14 year old girl who attended the church.

Texas — A teenage trick-or-treater was taken to the hospital after he was struck by a pickup Saturday night, Amarillo police said. Police said the teen, whose age and identity weren’t immediately known, was trying to cross in the 8200 block of Western Street with a group of eight to 10 other high school students about 9:40 p.m.… The driver of a Ford Ranger traveling southbound on Western didn’t see the teens until it was too late, police said. The driver, identified as a youth pastor, slammed on his brakes and skidded but couldn’t stop in time, officers said.

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 said four of the encounters happened at the North Springfield Baptist Church where he is a youth minister. The fifth incident happened at another church property. Warrants filed against Felts indicate he forced the alleged victim to touch his private parts and fondled her breasts under her clothing.

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, he was sexually molested by Jose Alfredo Coronado, according to sheriff’s Lt. Bobby Caruthers. The young man claimed the molestation began while Coronado served as his youth pastor, Caruthers said.

Texas:

A former Kingsville youth minister pleaded guilty Monday to indecency with a child by exposure and received eight years probation, said District Attorney John Hubert.

Paul Garza, 31, of Kingsville, was a youth minister when he met and had a relationship with a girl, then 16, in his program, Hubert said. Hubert wouldn’t release the specifics of what Garza was accused of doing.

California:

A former youth pastor and teacher’s aide is facing four life sentences after he was convicted in a Humboldt County court of child molestation and possession of child pornography.

Twenty-six-year-old Andrew Belant was found guilty Monday of more than a dozen charges. Authorities say he abused four boys, aged nine through 13, between January 2007 and March 2008…. Belant denied abusing at least one of the boys and said he did not recall taking pornographic photos of boys found on hard drives in his possession.

Illinois:

An East Peoria youth pastor has been sentenced to five weekends in jail and four years of sex offender probation for the sexual abuse of a girl in his youth ministry. William D. Richardson, 33, of 111 Cracklewood in East Peoria, pleaded guilty on May 21 to two counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse of a victim between the ages of 13 and 18 over whom he had a position of trust or authority, a Class 2 felony.

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 charged by borough police with inappropriately touching, hugging and kissing the girl on several occasions when she spent the night in his family’s home, according to a police affidavit…. The investigation, which began last month when the girl contacted Lititz police, also marked the end of Nies’ third attempt to run for mayor of the borough, when he lost the Republican endorsement and suddenly withdrew from the race.

Nies, who is married and has children, surrendered Wednesday morning before District Judge Daniel Garrett… The girl told police that Nies had sexual-type contact with her eight times when she was spending the evening at his home. In addition to kissing and hugging, when they were alone together in the basement, according to court documents, the girl said Nies repeatedly had sexual contact with her, touching her private areas, telling her “this is what dads do.”

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 he was able to take archdiocese leaders to court and that he got retired Archbishop Raymond Hunthausen to publicly “admit that mistakes were made.”

The 44-year-old Auburn man reached the settlement after an emotional morning of testimony about being abused at age 13 by former Spokane priest Patrick O’Donnell.

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 as a teacher and mentor to gain the trust of children.

“The report was that a child had disclosed that a youth pastor at the school had sexually molested him,” said Sgt. Cindi Stanton with the Anchorage Police Department.

Friday police headed to Birchwood Christian School and the Crossing Church where Seifert works. He was taken in for questioning and police say he later admitted abusing the 14-year-old boy on several occasions… Seifert he broke down, saying, “… I just want to help fix what I did wrong,” eventually admitting, “there were several times when he touched the victim and ‘did what he did,’” according to court documents.