Michigan:

A 46-year-old Kimball Township man who is a former local youth pastor is facing a felony charge of accosting a child for immoral purposes, a case that involves confiscated computers and electronics from a Clyde Township church, officials said.

Craig Coon is due in court for a preliminary hearing at 1:30 p.m. July 21 in front of District Court Judge John Monaghan, said Mike Wendling, St. Clair County Prosecutor.... The felony warrant said Coon was wanted since he "did accost, entice, or solicit (victim), a child less than 16 years of age, with the intent to induce or force that child to commit an immoral act, to submit to an act of sexual intercourse or an act of gross indecency, or other act of depravity or delinquency, or did encourage the child to engage in one of these acts." ...

In 2004, the Times Herald reported about Coon as the leader of The Quest, a contemporary church service that attracted many teenagers and 20-somethings in a casual setting. "I want to get people to start asking where they are spiritually, what they need to do to start walking with Jesus," Coon said in the article. "We need to get past those stereotypes they hold about church. They're roadblocks to Christianity."

Minnesota:

A Cottage Grove youth pastor was charged with criminal sexual conduct for allegedly inappropriately touching and sending texts of a sexual nature to a 15-year-old. Jeffrey Arlan Mobley, 32, of Cottage Grove, allegedly made the sexual advances while he was a youth pastor at Southside Baptist Church in Sunfish Lake. According to the court complaint, Mobley allegedly hugged and grabbed the 15-year-old’s buttocks and made calls and sent text messages to the minor. Mobley confirmed to police that he had hugged and sent sexual text messages to the teenager, according to the court complaint.

Alabama:

A lot of youth pastors might love the chance to openly share their faith with a movie star for two hours and then be featured in the star's next motion picture, testifying about Jesus. Jody Trautwein, youth pastor at Point of Grace Ministries in Birmingham, got that chance.

Sacha Baron Cohen, the actor best known for his comedic character Borat, parodies Alabama again in his latest movie, "Bruno," in which he sits down for a counseling session with Trautwein, who explains that faith in Jesus Christ can help lead someone out of homosexuality. At one point, Trautwein asks whether "Bruno" is ready to ask Jesus into his heart. "Are you hitting on me?" replied Cohen, in character as the gay Austrian fashionista Bruno, who wears purple thongs and other outrageous attire while shocking people with vulgar antics....

"It's an example of the deception and perversion that is trying to enter our world through the entertainment industry," Trautwein said. "The holy and precious things of God are not to be touched and not to be mocked. I pray God has mercy on Sacha Baron Cohen."