Arizona: ‘Cult’ church member who allegedly molested boy in pews faces new criminal charges
Excerpt: Marcello, who asked to go by his first name only, said Mora molested him hundreds of times in the church pews as their pastor preached. He said Mora hid the abuse with his blazer. The incidents started in 1999 when Marcello was 11, and Mora was 35, Marcello said.
Then, in 2002, Mora allegedly raped Marcello at another congregant’s home when they were left alone, Marcello said.
Florida: Jury finds ex-Pompano Beach Catholic school principal guilty in $238K theft case
Excerpt: A jury on Tuesday found a longtime Catholic school principal guilty of running an organized scheme to defraud more than $50,000, concluding she improperly paid herself extra money over several years without authorization.
Georgia: Cherokee County jury convicts former youth pastor of raping 2 preteen girls
Georgia: Another Duggar from painfully-religious reality show is accused of child molestation
Indiana youth pastor gets nine years for child porn
Excerpt: Lockman, 24, of Corydon, Ind., was a youth minister at a Jasper, Ind., church. “In that role, he was entrusted with supervising young boys and frequently took them on one‑on‑one outings, including trips to local restaurants,” the release stated. “Agents later searched Lockman’s church‑issued computer and cell phone, where they found multiple videos depicting minors under the age of 12, including material involving abusive conduct.”
Lockman pleaded guilty in federal court to nine counts of possessing sexually explicit material involving minors. In addition to serving nine years in prison, Lockman will be on supervised release for five years and was ordered to pay $9,000 in restitution.
Mississippi pastor enters petition to plead guilty in rape case
Missouri youth pastor gets 15 years on child sex charges
Gotta wonder how all these child-fucking preachers find time to prepare a sermon every Sunday.
Missouri pastor suspended after church learns she managed Epstein’s private island
New York: Catholic church worker arrested in child sexual abuse case, cops say
Excerpt: Investigators allege Amaya, a driver for Educational Bus Inc. in West Babylon, inappropriately touched an 8-year-old girl in August. Further, police later determined Amaya, who is additionally employed by St. Luke’s Roman Catholic Church in Brentwood, had also inappropriately touched another victim in May and June of 2007, when that victim was 4 years old, police said. The victim is now 22.
Ohio’s most prolific child porn downloader volunteered at church, school
Excerpt: A volunteer teacher and youth minister at a Worthington church will spend more than a decade in prison after authorities say he was one of the most prolific downloaders of child pornography in the state.
Andrew Brown, 51, of Columbus, pleaded guilty in March 2025 to distributing, receiving and possessing child pornography. U.S. District Court Judge Edmund Sargus in Columbus sentenced Brown to 160 months, or 13 years and four months, in federal prison.
Court records state Brown had 15 terabytes of child pornography on more than 20 electronic devices.
Oklahoma church official, 92, gets 25 years for molestation
Head priest of Pennsylvania church accused of stealing baseball cards from Walmart
Texas: Limestone County pastor James Lawson sentenced to life in prison for child sexual abuse
Excerpt: The now former pastor of Apostolic Life Church in Kosse, Texas, on Wednesday was sentenced to life in prison after a jury found him guilty of repeatedly sexually abusing a young relative over the course of several years.
On Feb. 27, 2026, a Limestone County jury convicted James Lawson, 62, of Continuous Sexual Abuse of a Young Child, Indecency with a Child by Contact, and Indecency with a Child by Exposure.
Excerpt: “First of all, let me say we don’t see it as a way to duck out of our responsibility,” El Paso Bishop Mark Seitz said in an interview with El Paso Matters. “It’s the only way, with the resources at hand, that we can begin to address this many claimants in an equitable way.”
Virgin Islands: Methodist pastor who managed Epstein private island is suspended amid inquiry
Excerpt: United Methodist Church leadership in Missouri announced the suspension March 12 of an active clergy, and a United Methodist News story identified that person as Rev. Stephanie Remington.
There are more than 1,800 references to Remington’s name in the Epstein files, though likely some of those mentions are repeated. The Epstein files include thousands of pages of unsealed documents tied to the late financier’s sex-trafficking case and his ultra-wealthy clients.
Remington did not respond to a request for comment.
Of course, the vast majority of crooked or pervy religious leaders get away with everything. Of those that are caught, many are quietly reassigned to other duties, not defrocked or punished. Of the few cases that aren’t hushed up, there’s no knowing how many make the news, but undoubtedly I miss most of them, in compiling this list.
Previously in God’s divine plan
3/19/2026
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