Religion Youth Pastor Watch
posted by on July 30 at 10:03 AM
A former Camarillo youth minister, Markus “Mark” Holland McDowell, will be sentenced on Oct. 14 after he pleaded guilty Monday to two counts of molesting a minor victim and two counts of digital penetration, said prosecutor Gilbert Romero….
According to the Sheriff’s Department, McDowell met the girls through a youth ministry program at Camarillo Church of Christ, where he had served as a youth minister…. McDowell also taught religion courses at Westmont College and Pepperdine University, according to officials at the two institutions.
McDowell was a full-time lecturer and adjunct religious professor at Pepperdine University from 1996 to 2005, a spokeswoman for the university said after his arrest.
A 36-year-old Alorton resident who has ties to a youth ministry with a church in O’Fallon was charged July 23 with predatory criminal sexual assault.Terrance Jenkins is being held in the St. Clair County Jail in lieu of $250,000. The offense Jenkins is charged with is a class X felony…. The offense Jenkins is charged with occurred in December 2007 in East St. Louis. The victim was 8 years old at the time, Johnson said.
Johnson said that as a youth minister Jenkins probably came in contact with other young people. If there are more victims, families are urged to call the East St. Louis Police Department.
A former Pittsburgh-area youth minister has been sentenced to 25 to 50 years in prison for molesting three boys over several years. Forty-six-year-old David Baird, of West Deer, was convicted in May of raping two boys and assaulting a third by an Allegheny County jury.
One 14-year-old boy says Baird raped him. Another boy says Baird did the same to him over an eight-year period beginning when the boy was 10 years old.
Baird had been a youth minister at Covenant Church of Pittsburgh from January 1994 to August 2004
A signed statement tonight says that sex abuse allegations against a Bullitt county youth pastor were all made up.The mother of the accuser signed that statement today, clearing the name of Pastor Clayton Pruett…. In the statement it says Debra Johnson’s complaints to police about Pruett abusing her daughter were false….
Over the weekend the board members at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church unanimously voted to give Pruett his duties back as youth pastor.
This is Pruett’s third appearance in YPW. We brought you news of his arrest in December of 2007; updated you when charges against Pruett were dismissed in February of 2008 when a detective failed to appear at a hearing (but the sheriff’s office vowed to continue its investigation; and today when Pruett was cleared. Let it never be said that Youth Pastor Watch isn’t fair and balanced.
Let it also be said that money obviously speaks rather loudly in good ol' Bulliitt County.
two counts of digital penetration
Boy, they sure know how to make that sound not hot. I guess "finger bangin" isn't the proper term?
Actually, 'digital penetration' sounds pretty hot to me; sort of clinically naughty or something. But that seems weird; is finger-bangin' a crime in California, or is it just a short form, and the actual crime would be digital penetration of a minor or something?
I assume it is only illegal to finger bang a minor. If they tried to make adult consentual fingerbanging a crime, I imagine Lawrence v Texas would cover it.
Good thing it wasn't analog penetration.
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That's bangin' Old School!
Nice to see the fair and balance bit about Pruett. It adds credibility and journalistic integrity to the posts. Nice work.
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