Religion Youth Pastor Watch
posted by on July 21 at 11:04 AM
A youth minister and magician who claims he has performed at a long list of metro Atlanta schools was arrested Thursday and charged with child molestation. Jeffrey Alan Wasley, 37, is accused of molesting a 7-year-old boy Monday in the men’s restroom of the Target store at 740 Ernest Barrett Parkway in Kennesaw….
Police arrested Wasley Thursday night at the home he shares with his wife and two children on Carrie Trace in Kennesaw. According to the police booking report Wasley works at Calvary Jesus Church. On the church’s Web site he is listed as director of children’s ministries.
Wasley works as a magician under the name Magic Jeff. On his Web site, magicjeff.com, he claims he has performed at Six Flags, Cub Scout troops, Home Depot and a long list of local schools.
Youth pastor AND magician? "For my next trick, I'll become sin-free by cannibalizing a bearded Jewish zombie!"
Oh, the magicjeff link doesn't work!
I was hoping that he would be smiling and wearing a wizard's hat in stark contrast to his mugshot.
That particular store is the single sketchiest Target in existence, too. Yowza.
One Target is sketchier than another? What makes a Target sketchy?
I'll never be able to see a magic act again without wondering if he is peder-ass.
creepy!
@4: The dirt, grime, mullet goblins, unusually apathetic employees, disorganized shelves that seem to loom over you and threaten to drop microwaves on your head, the rent-a-cops smoking outside, et cetera.
@1: "But, Bullwinkle, That Trick Never Works!"
Just type in magicjeff in google, and select "cached" when the data comes up. The site is still up.
I couldnt read past "A youth minister and magician..."
I would love to see an entire edition of the Stranger filled with these past blog posts, incl. colored photos.
WOW! That's a target I've shopped at several times.
But, umm...nothing sketchy about it. It's just a target in the middle of a super thriving business district.
Steve
@5: I can't believe anyone would ever hire a clown, especially after seeing Capturing the Friedmans. I can barely stand to have my kids sit on "Santa"'s lap for a quick photo.
@10: Which would explain why that strip mall, the one directly above it (with the CostPlus), and the one across from it keep losing stores, right? Because it's in the middle of a super thriving business district?
Right.
Everyone knows if you go to church or work at a church that makes you perfect and free of sin, right? When will people figure out that the best place for a pedophile to hide is in a church setting.
Wow... this is the first one of these youth pastor watch items that happened in my own back yard. I live and work in the same county in which the molestation took place and have shopped in the Target in question.
What is sad is that folks here will assume that this man is gay and that the rest of us are out to get their little boys too.
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