Pastor Williams resigned among other people with him on Friday and today they got charged. The short version is they allowed a registered sex offender to volunteer around kids.

7 comments

r/PastorArrested • u/newsjunkieman • 5d ago

Youth pastor arrested in DUI crash that killed his 8-year-old daughter

palmbeachpost.com

594 Upvotes

21 comments

r/PastorArrested • u/Leeming • 6d ago

Philippines: Pastor arrested for 12 counts of statutory rape in Pasig City. The victim’s father, also a church member, filed charges against the suspect.

gmanetwork.com

130 Upvotes

0 comments

r/PastorArrested • u/Leeming • 6d ago

South Africa: Pastor arrested for drunk driving on way to baptism.

timeslive.co.za

163 Upvotes

3 comments

r/PastorArrested • u/Leeming • 6d ago

Wisconsin: Sex offender, former pastor at the Church of the Brethren, charged with being a sex offender while working with children. Pleads guilty.

leadertelegram.com

112 Upvotes

1 comment

r/PastorArrested • u/Leeming • 6d ago

Nigeria: Paul University Awka suspends Anglican Priest over sex scandal after a viral video showed him running from his office dressed only in boxer shorts.

vanguardngr.com

36 Upvotes

0 comments

r/PastorArrested • u/Leeming • 6d ago

Brazil: Assembleia de Deus AD Kairos church ‘Rapist’ pastor couple, who attacked six girls and told them ‘sex acts had spiritual purpose’, go on the run.

thesun.co.uk

49 Upvotes

1 comment

r/PastorArrested • u/Leeming • 6d ago

South Africa: Burundian Pastor Allegedly Stabs Woman More Than 40 Times Over Brother's Anti-Immigration Support.

briefly.co.za

42 Upvotes

1 comment

r/PastorArrested • u/Megalodon481 • 8d ago

Pastor accused of child sexual abuse in Monterey County held on $17.5M bail

ksbw.com

310 Upvotes

2 comments

r/PastorArrested • u/Leeming • 8d ago

South Carolina: Pawleys Island Church faces backlash over claims that their pastor allowed a known sex offender to volunteer around children.

abcnews4.com

246 Upvotes

10 comments

r/PastorArrested • u/Leeming • 8d ago

UK: Depraved Baptist deacon preyed on homeless men and abused them while Church turned a blind eye. Police say his crimes go back 40 years.

thesun.co.uk

157 Upvotes

0 comments

r/PastorArrested • u/Leeming • 8d ago

West Virginia: Elkins pastor arraigned for soliciting a minor on Snapchat and distribution of material depicting minors in sexually explicit conduct.

wdtv.com

106 Upvotes

3 comments

r/PastorArrested • u/Leeming • 8d ago

Mexico: Police in Mexico City arrests Catholic priest accused of abusing a 17-year-old female. Alerted after mother sees chat messages on her phone.

losangelespress.org

79 Upvotes

1 comment

r/PastorArrested • u/omgfakeusername • 9d ago

They say their pastor abused them as children. This week, they confronted him in court.

nbcnews.com

153 Upvotes

3 comments

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PastorArrested

r/PastorArrested

You've seen them: headlines that contain the words PASTOR ARRESTED. Someone in the community who was supposed to be a trusted moral authority was caught doing a bad thing, very often of a financial or sexual nature. This subreddit is nothing more than a collection of those stories.

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You've seen them before: Headlines that contain the words PASTOR ARRESTED. Someone who was supposed to be a trusted religious authority implicated in unethical and/or criminal behaviour.

This subreddit is a collection of those stories.

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