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Thursday, August 30, 2012

Youth Pastor Watch Youth Pastor Allegedly Molested 15-Year-Old in "Old Sound Room"

Posted by Unpaid Intern on Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 3:09 PM

Posted by news intern Joseph Staten

Walter Yocum, a (now former) youth pastor at the Calvary Baptist Church in Bel Air, Maryland, allegedly sexually abused a 15-year-old girl during her stay at "Vacation Bible School" in July:

On Aug. 21, a 16-year-old girl came to the Child Advocacy Center and in a forensic interview, told interviewers she was approached by Yocum at VBS earlier this summer, according to charging documents.

The girl, who said she was 15 years old at the time, said Yocum asked her to meet him in the old sound room and while there, he allegedly touched her inappropriately.

Calvary Baptist Church issued a statement on its website on Aug. 19, which reported that three days earlier Yocum told Senior Pastor Ralph Green he had been "having an inappropriate relationship with someone other than his wife."

Senior Pastor Green then terminated Yocum after discovering that that "someone other," was, allegedly, a 15-year-old. Yocum is being held on $100,000 bail, and is facing charges of "third- and fourth-degree sexual offense, sexual abuse of a minor and second-degree assault."

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Well, what can you expect from a demonic 15 year old Jezabel Whore Harlot? How dare she destroy the life of the innocent youth pastor!!!

Posted by Cato the Younger Younger on August 30, 2012 at 3:18 PM

Off topic- @1 is that Devo in your avatar?

Posted by dnt trust me on August 30, 2012 at 3:36 PM

This is terrible.

Help out out with some perspective here, Intern (excellent work, btw- you are worth every penny they pay you....)
What prompted you to post this on Slog?

How often do "Youth Pastors" engage in this sort of behavior?
Are they more likely than, say; live in boyfriends or adoptive parents or coaches or teachers or pre-school aids to abuse their position of trust?
Or are they less likely than members of vocations and groups that Slog does not highlight?
What are the statistics?

Posted by Journalism 101 on August 30, 2012 at 3:58 PM

@3 That's some nice moral relativism concern trolling there.

Posted by sirkowski

on August 30, 2012 at 4:04 PM

thank you.

Posted by we'll make allowance for the fact that you are blonde... on August 30, 2012 at 4:10 PM

Keep sending your kids to church for sex education. Gawd, people are stupid.

Posted by Pope Peabrain on August 30, 2012 at 4:13 PM

Well, to his credit, at least the senior pastor fired his ass and Yocum was arrested. Catholic bishops take note: this is how you are supposed to handle it when you find out that one of your priests is diddling alter boys.

Posted by Reverse Polarity on August 30, 2012 at 6:12 PM

Do live in boyfriends, teachers, coaches, pre-school teachers aids claim to speak to a god that gives them moral authority over others? No? There's your context rapist apologist troll.

Posted by Kansasboy on August 30, 2012 at 8:29 PM

I was just here to say what @7 said, so, .. copy that.

Posted by Cow on August 30, 2012 at 8:34 PM