A former San Clemente pastor was sentenced to a year behind bars today for kissing and touching a 14-year-old he called "the most bootylicious girl I know."
Maffey met the girl when she was 8 or 9 years old through his job at San Clemente's Apostolic Christian Church. He began "grooming the victim by spending time alone with her while the victim was volunteering in the church office," prosecutors said.
From May to August 2008, the defendant violated his position of trust by engaging in illegal sexual contact with the girl, prosecutors said.
"On multiple occasions, Maffey kissed [her] on the mouth while the two were alone after prayer service or in the church office," prosecutors said. He also stroked her thigh and patted her butt, the prosecution said.
In addition, Maffey sent numerous emails to the victim to arrange future meetings and disclose his sexual urges. Maffey called the 14-year-old "the most bootylicious girl I know," prosecutors said.
The victim’s mother discovered some of the emails and contacted the church. The church contacted police.
http://sanclemente.patch.com/articles/ex-pastor-maffey-gets-1-year-sentence-for-lewd-conduct
Saturday, April 16, 2011
California Christian university coach arrested for luring 'teen' to have sex
30-year-old Kyle James Kvasnicka, from Laguna, California, was arrested on April 8 on suspicion of Internet Luring of a Child, according to the District Attorney's Office in Jefferson County.
Kvasnicka allegedly engaged in sexually graphic communication with someone he believed to be an underage girl in a Colorado online chat room. He is also accused of asking the person he believed to be a teenager to meet with him to have sex.
http://www.kdvr.com/news/kdvr-california-christian-university-coach-arrested-for-luring-teen-to-have-sex-20110413,0,1456429.story
Kvasnicka allegedly engaged in sexually graphic communication with someone he believed to be an underage girl in a Colorado online chat room. He is also accused of asking the person he believed to be a teenager to meet with him to have sex.
http://www.kdvr.com/news/kdvr-california-christian-university-coach-arrested-for-luring-teen-to-have-sex-20110413,0,1456429.story
Sunday, April 10, 2011
Court Threatens to Revoke Tele-Evangelist's Bail
Lagos — An Ikeja High Court judge, Justice Olabisi Akinlade, has threatened to vacate the bail earlier granted a tele-evangelist and head, Genesis Parish of the Celestial Church of Christ, Alagbado, Lagos, Israel Ola-Ogundipe, on technical grounds
The pastor is standing trial over N17 million fraud allegations. He was said to have swindled a London-based architect, Mrs. Oladele Williams-Oni, the said sum when she went to the pastor's church for spiritual help.
In her evidence before Justice Olabisi Akinlade, the plaintiff said that Pastor Ola-Ogundipe wanted to swindle her of her landed property and that she had entrusted the accused person with her money to procure some landed property on her behalf because she thought he was a 'good pastor.'
http://allafrica.com/stories/201104060678.html
The pastor is standing trial over N17 million fraud allegations. He was said to have swindled a London-based architect, Mrs. Oladele Williams-Oni, the said sum when she went to the pastor's church for spiritual help.
In her evidence before Justice Olabisi Akinlade, the plaintiff said that Pastor Ola-Ogundipe wanted to swindle her of her landed property and that she had entrusted the accused person with her money to procure some landed property on her behalf because she thought he was a 'good pastor.'
http://allafrica.com/stories/201104060678.html
Saturday, April 9, 2011
Former Catholic priest to face crown court over child sex charges
Alexander Bede Walsh, aged 57, of Church Lane, Abbots Bromley, faces six charges under the Sexual Offences Act.
The allegations involve three boys under the age of 14 between 1974 and 1984 and are said to have been committed at Coventry and Coleshill, in Warwickshire,
He will appear at the crown court on April 15.
Walsh has already been sent to the court accused of 19 sexual abuse offences involving young boys many of which are alleged to have been committed at Cheadle and Cotton.
http://www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk/news/Catholic-priest-face-crown-court-child-sex-charges/article-3430199-detail/article.html
The allegations involve three boys under the age of 14 between 1974 and 1984 and are said to have been committed at Coventry and Coleshill, in Warwickshire,
He will appear at the crown court on April 15.
North Staffordshire Magistrates bailed the defendant.
Walsh has already been sent to the court accused of 19 sexual abuse offences involving young boys many of which are alleged to have been committed at Cheadle and Cotton.
http://www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk/news/Catholic-priest-face-crown-court-child-sex-charges/article-3430199-detail/article.html
Priest accused of inappropriate relationship with boy arraigned on charges
BRADFORD -- A suspended priest in the Catholic Diocese of Erie is free on bond and awaits an April 20 court hearing to face charges related to an alleged inappropriate relationship with a 15-year-old boy.
The Rev. Samuel B. Slocum, 59, surrendered to law enforcement on Friday and was arraigned before Bradford District Judge Richard W. Luther Jr. on charges of interference with the custody of children, concealment of the whereabouts of a child, corruption of minors, defiant trespass and loitering and prowling at nighttime.
Police accuse Slocum, who serves two McKean County parishes, of allowing a 15-year-old boy to visit his residence in Lewis Run, south of Bradford, after the boy's mother had forbidden it. He is also accused of lying to the boy's mother when she asked if he had visited Slocum's residence, and of going to the boy's home to drop off an item.
Trooper Daniel Woods, who filed the charges against Slocum, said the boy's mother gave him iPhones, an iPod and an Apple laptop computer that she said Slocum had given to her son to use in communicating with him via Facebook, e-mail and text messages.
Investigators seized other computers, as well as a digital camera and a cellular telephone, when they served search warrants on Slocum's residences in Lewis Run and in Cyclone, southeast of Bradford, on March 29 and 30, according to the affidavit of probable cause.
http://www.goerie.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110409/NEWS02/304089909/-1/NEWSSITEMAP
The Rev. Samuel B. Slocum, 59, surrendered to law enforcement on Friday and was arraigned before Bradford District Judge Richard W. Luther Jr. on charges of interference with the custody of children, concealment of the whereabouts of a child, corruption of minors, defiant trespass and loitering and prowling at nighttime.
Police accuse Slocum, who serves two McKean County parishes, of allowing a 15-year-old boy to visit his residence in Lewis Run, south of Bradford, after the boy's mother had forbidden it. He is also accused of lying to the boy's mother when she asked if he had visited Slocum's residence, and of going to the boy's home to drop off an item.
Trooper Daniel Woods, who filed the charges against Slocum, said the boy's mother gave him iPhones, an iPod and an Apple laptop computer that she said Slocum had given to her son to use in communicating with him via Facebook, e-mail and text messages.
Investigators seized other computers, as well as a digital camera and a cellular telephone, when they served search warrants on Slocum's residences in Lewis Run and in Cyclone, southeast of Bradford, on March 29 and 30, according to the affidavit of probable cause.
http://www.goerie.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110409/NEWS02/304089909/-1/NEWSSITEMAP
Spring pastor accused of exploitation and manipulation
A Spring-area pastor is being sued over allegations that he abused his position of trust and power to manipulate his followers into giving his church exceedingly generous donations, including a parcel of property in Aldine.
Aldine property owner Jose Trevino and R & R Custom Floors & Designs filed a lawsuit on April 7 in the Harris County District Court against Cadgrey Christian Church, doing business as Centro De Alabanza Del Gran Rey, Rev. Fernando Garza, of Spring, Aldine resident Rosa Diaz, and others citing, among other things, malicious prosecution, trespass to title, conspiracy, fraud, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty and defamation.
The plaintiffs say that when the defendants decided to purchase property in order to expand their church, they defrauded Trevino, wrongfully taking his property, located at 847 Hodgkins St. in Aldine. According to the brief, Garza used Bible scriptures to con the plaintiffs into believing that the more they gave to the church, the more Trevino’s business would thrive.
Trevino claims that during the recent economic downturn, Garza misused Bible scriptures to convince him that the root causes of his business woes included his sin, his lack of faith and his failure to continue giving to the church.
http://www.ultimatespringtx.com/stories/240456-spring-pastor-accused-of-exploitation-and-manipulation-in-aldine
Aldine property owner Jose Trevino and R & R Custom Floors & Designs filed a lawsuit on April 7 in the Harris County District Court against Cadgrey Christian Church, doing business as Centro De Alabanza Del Gran Rey, Rev. Fernando Garza, of Spring, Aldine resident Rosa Diaz, and others citing, among other things, malicious prosecution, trespass to title, conspiracy, fraud, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty and defamation.
The plaintiffs say that when the defendants decided to purchase property in order to expand their church, they defrauded Trevino, wrongfully taking his property, located at 847 Hodgkins St. in Aldine. According to the brief, Garza used Bible scriptures to con the plaintiffs into believing that the more they gave to the church, the more Trevino’s business would thrive.
Trevino claims that during the recent economic downturn, Garza misused Bible scriptures to convince him that the root causes of his business woes included his sin, his lack of faith and his failure to continue giving to the church.
http://www.ultimatespringtx.com/stories/240456-spring-pastor-accused-of-exploitation-and-manipulation-in-aldine
Pastor arrested in Highland Village
Owen Deane Davis was behind bars Wednesday night when he was arrested by the Highland Village police on a Young County district court warrant.
Davis, the former vicar at Faith Lutheran Church, was arrested on a warrant alleging he sexually assaulted a woman at his Graham home on Spivey Hill.
Davis posted a $50,000 bond Thursday and was released from custody.
The Rev. Ron Halamka, interim pastor at Faith Lutheran, said Davis left the church in January when he took a leave of absence after being interviewed by the Texas Ranger as part of the investigation into the case.
“He felt it was best he sever his relationship with the church until he settled this,” Halamka said. “He has not had any relationship with us, any function with us, since the second Wednesday in January after he was interrogated by the Texas Ranger.”
http://www.grahamleader.com/index.asp?Story=21912
Davis, the former vicar at Faith Lutheran Church, was arrested on a warrant alleging he sexually assaulted a woman at his Graham home on Spivey Hill.
Davis posted a $50,000 bond Thursday and was released from custody.
The Rev. Ron Halamka, interim pastor at Faith Lutheran, said Davis left the church in January when he took a leave of absence after being interviewed by the Texas Ranger as part of the investigation into the case.
“He felt it was best he sever his relationship with the church until he settled this,” Halamka said. “He has not had any relationship with us, any function with us, since the second Wednesday in January after he was interrogated by the Texas Ranger.”
http://www.grahamleader.com/index.asp?Story=21912
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