June 2008
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A 72-year-old pastor from the Original Church of God of Prophecy was convicted yesterday of sodomizing and sexually molesting a little girl on numerous occasions.
Dieuvais Surin was convicted on all 22 counts of sexual abuse that he faced. He began with taking the little girl into his van, where he fondled her in 1998. On subsequent occasions, he made her perform oral sex and various other perverted acts on him. These incidents occurred in the pastor’s van and apartment, and in the basement of the church.
Surin often waited outside the little girl’s middle school in Brooklyn, and on eight occasions, he then took her into his van and sodomized her.
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To the faithful of the Herndon, Va. Pentecostal Church, Jack Clark was a charismatic associate pastor. His father had opened the church, and Clark often led services and offered guidance and support to the tight-knit congregation. But cops say Clark was not the kind of person who should be giving others guidance.
Police say Clark married a woman from the church and the two of them moved to a house nearby. Soon after, cops believe the couple befriended a 12-year-old girl from the congregation — and often invited her over to their home to do various chores in exchange for money.
On the surface, it appeared Clark was simply trying to help out a young girl by giving her the opportunity to earn some extra money. But according to police, his true intentions were not so pure.
Investigators say Jack began earning the girl’s trust by allowing her to watch movies — something strictly forbidden by the church — after his wife went to sleep. Gradually, cops believe Clark began touching the young girl inappropriately, and his actions eventually escalated.
Clark Runs From Rape Charges
Cops say on December 8, 1995, the girl was at Clark’s house for one of her regular visits when he took things one step further and sexually assaulted the girl. According to police, Clark had successfully caught his victim in a classic trap — she wanted the abuse to stop but was frightened to tell anyone what was happening.
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Scott Martin Weisser, the former pastor of First Baptist Church of Salt Lake, has pleaded no contest to two criminal charges against him and has been put on probation.
Weisser, 52, originally was charged with first-degree felony attempted rape and class B misdemeanor assault in connection with a March 16 incident involving an adult female in his Midvale home.
Weisser on May 1 pleaded no contest to reduced charges of sexual battery, a class A misdemeanor, and simple assault, a class B misdemeanor.
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A former Spring Valley youth pastor at Valley Christian Center was sentenced last week to 120 days in jail after pleading guilty Feb. 25 to two counts of criminal sexual conduct.
Derrick DeBoef, 27, now of Sherrard, Ill., was also sentenced to 23 months in prison, but that was stayed for 15 years; he will be on probation. Setencing was Thursday in Fillmore District Court.
He was charged Feb. 2, 2007, with 32 felonies, all of them criminal sexual conduct, for allegedly engaging in sexual penetration and sexual contact with the girl, who was 17 at the time. At that time, she was meeting with him to receive religious or spiritual counseling.
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A local priest accused of inappropriately touching another man has posted bond Wednesday morning.
Father Frank Murd is charged with one misdemeanor count of sexual impostion.
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Tyrell Brewer, 26, the principal at Bible Fellowship School, 4915 S. Waco Ave., is accused of having sex with the girl at the school on four occasions from April 30 to May 6, according to a police affidavit filed Friday in Tulsa County District Court.
Prosecutors filed the charge against Brewer on Wednesday, and a warrant for his arrest was issued that day.
According to the affidavit, sexual relations between the teenager and her principal began in Brewer’s office after school April 30 during a “play fight” in which the principal grabbed her breast.
The girl claims that during the encounter the principal kept his hand on her while talking to his wife on the phone.
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A Bloomington pastor was charged with child molestation, accused of inappropriately touching an 11-year-old girl on two occasions, but he claims he was merely comforting the girl.
Donald Leroy Robinson, 56, is the pastor at Grace Baptist Temple, which operates a private school, 6News’ Renee Jameson reported.
The student said Robinson fondled her twice at the school. She told police that the second incident happened on May 2 as she waited for her mother to pick her up and take her to a doctor.
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Two more women have come forward with sexual abuse accusations against the pastor of a small southwest Missouri church who already is facing charges that he molested a 16-year-old girl five years ago.
One 21-year-old woman who lives on the West Coast said she reported sexual abuse by Randall “Danny” Russell, the pastor of ACT II Church on the edge of Neosho, in 2002 when she was 15.
Earlier this week a 24-year-old Joplin woman also came forward with allegations against Russell, who was arrested April 29 on charges that he sexually abused a female member of his church four or five years ago.
Russell, 49, was charged with statutory rape, sodomy and child abuse.
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A local pastor who was arrested last summer after allegedly raping his wife has pled guilty to one misdemeanor charge in court today.
According to the Jerome Prosecutors Office, Ron Matheney pled guilty to misdemeanor domestic battery.
In exchange for his guilty plea, the original felony domestic battery charge was reduced to a misdemeanor.
Attorney’s say Matheney was originally charged with 4 felonies stemming from allegations his wife made.
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A priest at a Fair Lawn Catholic church was arrested today and charged with criminal sexual contact after he was accused of forcing a 72-year-old female parishioner to touch him, authorities said.
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