AP) SAO PAULO - A Polish priest accused of sexually abusing a former altar boy in Rio de Janeiro and turning his parish home into an "erotic dungeon" has surrendered and is now in police custody, a public safety official said Saturday.
State prosecutors have accused Marcin Michael Strachanowski of handcuffing the 16-year-old former altar boy to a bed three years ago in the parish house where the priest lived and threatening to kill the youth if he spoke of the abuse.
Judge Alexandre Abrahao Dias said that investigators found "erotic material sent to the victim via Internet to seduce him" and that the priest also took other youths to the parish house, "which he converted into a kind of erotic dungeon where he submitted them, often with the use of handcuffs, to orgies."
Also last month, 83-year-old Monsignor Luiz Marques Barbosa was detained in northeastern Brazil for alleged abuse of at least three boys after being caught on videotape having sex with a former altar boy who was an adult when the video was filmed. Barbosa is under house arrest while authorities investigate. Two other priests in the same archdiocese are also accused of abuses.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/24/priest-accused-of-abusing_n_587701.html
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Monastery priest accused of sex assault
PALOCHON TWP. - A priest from a Susquehanna County monastery is accused of sexually assaulting a teen boy whose family was staying at the cloistered retreat in Little Meadows.
Phillip Albert Ferrara, 48, of 550 Lake of the Meadows Road, Little Meadows, formerly of LeRaysville, faces three counts of indecent assault of a person under the age of 16 and three corruption of minor charges stemming from incidents that occurred between Nov. 3, 2010, and Jan. 2.`All are misdemeanor counts. Tpr. Mark Keyes filed the charges against the priest.
Ferrara turned himself in at the Gibson State Police barracks Friday at about 9:30 a.m.
He is referred to as Superior Hieromonk Angelus on the monastery's website but no additional background is given as to his religious training.
The juvenile was on retreat with his family at the Our Lady of Solitude monastery, 550 Lake of Meadows Dr., in Apolacon Twp., at the time of the alleged incidents.
According to the affidavit, Ferrara was introduced to the victim's family as the administrator at the Eastern Catholic cloistered monastery.
Police interviewed Ferrara on March 9 with his attorney Charlie Wage present. According to police, the priest admitted having inappropriate contact with the minor on three separate occasions but indicated to police it was for a medical problem.
http://thedailyreview.com/news/monastery-priest-accused-of-sex-assault-1.1120988
Phillip Albert Ferrara, 48, of 550 Lake of the Meadows Road, Little Meadows, formerly of LeRaysville, faces three counts of indecent assault of a person under the age of 16 and three corruption of minor charges stemming from incidents that occurred between Nov. 3, 2010, and Jan. 2.`All are misdemeanor counts. Tpr. Mark Keyes filed the charges against the priest.
Ferrara turned himself in at the Gibson State Police barracks Friday at about 9:30 a.m.
He is referred to as Superior Hieromonk Angelus on the monastery's website but no additional background is given as to his religious training.
The juvenile was on retreat with his family at the Our Lady of Solitude monastery, 550 Lake of Meadows Dr., in Apolacon Twp., at the time of the alleged incidents.
According to the affidavit, Ferrara was introduced to the victim's family as the administrator at the Eastern Catholic cloistered monastery.
Police interviewed Ferrara on March 9 with his attorney Charlie Wage present. According to police, the priest admitted having inappropriate contact with the minor on three separate occasions but indicated to police it was for a medical problem.
http://thedailyreview.com/news/monastery-priest-accused-of-sex-assault-1.1120988
Family Sex Scandal Clouds The Cooking Queen Paula Deen
TV cooking queen Paula Deen has a shocking family secret – her brother-in-law, a Catholic priest, was arrested for sexual battery.
A sex predator sting operation in Savannah, Ga., led to the bust of Henry “Hank” Bowers Groover – the 56-year-old brother of Paula’s husband Michael – after he fondled the crotch of an undercover officer, according to police documents.
Groover was picked up on Nov. 17, 2003, at a seedy hangout where people meet and indulge in public sex. The bombshell arrest took place at the President’s Street Boat Ramp on the outskirts of trendy Savannah – less than five miles from the multimillion-dollar waterfront home where Paula and Michael now live.
“While conducting surveillance I was walking behind the restrooms when a subject, later identified as Henry Bowers Groover, walked out of the restroom and waved for me to follow him,” reported former Chatham County detective Yujean Foster.
“Groover walked to a heavily covered area of the walking trail and then stopped and unzipped his pants. he asked me my name and asked if I was from around here. Groover then said, ‘What do you like?’ and reached out and rubbed my crotch.
http://johnjohnsaidit.com/family-sex-scandal-clouds-the-cooking-queen-paula-deen/
A sex predator sting operation in Savannah, Ga., led to the bust of Henry “Hank” Bowers Groover – the 56-year-old brother of Paula’s husband Michael – after he fondled the crotch of an undercover officer, according to police documents.
Groover was picked up on Nov. 17, 2003, at a seedy hangout where people meet and indulge in public sex. The bombshell arrest took place at the President’s Street Boat Ramp on the outskirts of trendy Savannah – less than five miles from the multimillion-dollar waterfront home where Paula and Michael now live.
“While conducting surveillance I was walking behind the restrooms when a subject, later identified as Henry Bowers Groover, walked out of the restroom and waved for me to follow him,” reported former Chatham County detective Yujean Foster.
“Groover walked to a heavily covered area of the walking trail and then stopped and unzipped his pants. he asked me my name and asked if I was from around here. Groover then said, ‘What do you like?’ and reached out and rubbed my crotch.
http://johnjohnsaidit.com/family-sex-scandal-clouds-the-cooking-queen-paula-deen/
Youth pastor arrested for luring a minor
A 24-year-old Albany youth pastor was arrested on March 4 and charged with luring a minor.
Sean Peter Feltman, of Albany, is a youth pastor with the Willamette Community Church in Albany. He was taken into custody without incident at a residence in Linn County following a grand jury indictment.
The investigation began on Jan. 9, when the parents of a 14-year-old member of Feltman’s church youth group reported their daughter received sexually explicit communication via text messages and online messaging from the suspect.
http://www.lebanon-express.com/news/local/article_1b55cce2-54cc-11e0-b5c8-001cc4c03286.html
Sean Peter Feltman, of Albany, is a youth pastor with the Willamette Community Church in Albany. He was taken into custody without incident at a residence in Linn County following a grand jury indictment.
The investigation began on Jan. 9, when the parents of a 14-year-old member of Feltman’s church youth group reported their daughter received sexually explicit communication via text messages and online messaging from the suspect.
http://www.lebanon-express.com/news/local/article_1b55cce2-54cc-11e0-b5c8-001cc4c03286.html
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Pastor Accused of Not Giving Communion without Tax Refunds
A Texas pastor has been accused by some of his parishioners of refusing to give them communion if they don’t donate their tax refunds to his church.
The pastor, John Goodman of the Houston Unity Baptist Church, denied linking the communion to the donations. However, he told the local Fox News station in Houston that he had made an appeal for donations from tax refunds to help build a parking lot for the church, which would enable the church to keep the property. He said only four or five members of the church donate any money, and he called the rest of them “devils” and demons.”
http://www.accountingtoday.com/news/Pastor-Accused-Not-Giving-Communion-without-Tax-Refunds-57717-1.html
The pastor, John Goodman of the Houston Unity Baptist Church, denied linking the communion to the donations. However, he told the local Fox News station in Houston that he had made an appeal for donations from tax refunds to help build a parking lot for the church, which would enable the church to keep the property. He said only four or five members of the church donate any money, and he called the rest of them “devils” and demons.”
http://www.accountingtoday.com/news/Pastor-Accused-Not-Giving-Communion-without-Tax-Refunds-57717-1.html
Neb. pastor accused of improper conduct in Wis.
OMAHA, Neb.—
A pastor was removed from a Nebraska church after a letter surfaced about improper conduct and a collection of photographs he had decades ago that led to his dismissal from a Jesuit high school in Wisconsin, the Omaha archdiocese announced.According to a statement from the archdiocese, the letter said Robinson gave the student "an inappropriate back rub" and had nude photos of boys and men. He was dismissed from the school in 1988.
The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests sent a letter Thursday to the Society of Jesus calling for the release of information about Robinson so he could face criminal prosecution. The letter said Robinson was twice sent to a treatment center for sexual disorders the church runs in Maryland before his initial assignment to St. Gerald's in 1989.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-ne-clergyabuse,0,7465451.story
Youth pastor accused of abusing boys
VANCOUVER, Wash. – A youth pastor at a Vancouver church is accused of abusing two teenage boys during devotions.
It’s a huge blow for The Wesleyan Church in Northeast Vancouver. Jason Lee Wolk, 25, thought to be spiritually advising teenagers is now accused of sexually abusing two of the boys.
According to court documents, a 14-year-old and a 16-year-old told detectives Wolk mentored them through the church youth group and the alleged abuse happened between June and December.
The youngest said he did devotions with Wolk in order to help with his “Christian life walk.” He told detectives that the two would read on his bed with Wolk’s arm reportedly around the boy’s shoulder. Two weeks in, while discussing temptation, the teenager said that Wolk touched him inappropriately over his clothes. The victim said it happened again, four or five times, and one of those times it was at Wolk’s house in his bedroom.
The teenager said Wolk made him strip to his boxers and lay in bed next to him. While praying, the teenager said Wolk again touched him inappropriately. Then he got up to take a shower in order to “get ready for church.”
http://vancouver.katu.com/news/crime/youth-pastor-accused-abusing-boys/439285
It’s a huge blow for The Wesleyan Church in Northeast Vancouver. Jason Lee Wolk, 25, thought to be spiritually advising teenagers is now accused of sexually abusing two of the boys.
According to court documents, a 14-year-old and a 16-year-old told detectives Wolk mentored them through the church youth group and the alleged abuse happened between June and December.
The youngest said he did devotions with Wolk in order to help with his “Christian life walk.” He told detectives that the two would read on his bed with Wolk’s arm reportedly around the boy’s shoulder. Two weeks in, while discussing temptation, the teenager said that Wolk touched him inappropriately over his clothes. The victim said it happened again, four or five times, and one of those times it was at Wolk’s house in his bedroom.
The teenager said Wolk made him strip to his boxers and lay in bed next to him. While praying, the teenager said Wolk again touched him inappropriately. Then he got up to take a shower in order to “get ready for church.”
http://vancouver.katu.com/news/crime/youth-pastor-accused-abusing-boys/439285
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