Tuesday, February 09, 2010
Pastor charged with sexually assaulting child
RIVER ROUGE — A reverend from a Detroit church was charged this morning with repeatedly molesting an underage boy.
Russell Walter Schaller was arraigned on six counts of third-degree criminal sexual conduct. Twenty-sixth District Judge Raymond Charron ordered the 35-year-old River Rouge man held in the Wayne County Jail on a $100,000 cash bond.
Schaller is the senior pastor at Greater St Johns Missionary Baptist Church in Detroit. A message seeking comment from church officials was not immediately returned....
Retired Pastor Arrested for Molestation
Gibson. PA (WBNG Binghamton) Another allegation against a retired priest from Susquehanna county.
This time, he's accused of molesting a minor at his home in Gibson nearly 20 years ago.
Father Ralph Elwood Johnson was arrested Friday at State Police Barracks in Gibson.
The 82-year old is charged with 15 counts each of Involuntary Deviate Sexual intercourse, Indecent Assault, and Corruption of a Minor.
But this is not the first accusation of molestation.
Over the years, 2 other victims have come forward claiming they too were abused by the Episcopal Priest. ...
B.C. church still paying youth pastor convicted of pedophilia
VANCOUVER -- A B.C. youth pastor convicted of pedophilia in Mexico is still being paid by his parish.
Brad Firth, the former supervisor of youth activities at St. David's Anglican Church in Tsawwassen, has been receiving "compassionate pay" since being arrested on the Baja peninsula, about an hour south of Tijuana, in 2004.
"He is suspended with reduced pay," said Rector Rev. Paul Woehrle. "We are giving something to support him and his son."
Woehrle said the money -- $1,000 a month -- goes toward buying additional food and water and for physical, mental and emotional counselling for Firth and his adopted Haitian son.
The parish is also covering his legal fees.
Asked about how the parish justifies paying a convicted pedophile, Woehrle said: "We had a plan that says until the appeal process is exhausted we would continue this financial support....
