Worship Pastor David A. Rodgers | Child Sex Abuse Investigation
February 2020, 2026 Update: Kentucky State Police announced the death of David Rodgers. His body was found on the morning of Thursday, February 19, 2026. “According to a statement from the Daviess County Sheriff’s Office, preliminary investigation indicates that the death is the result of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.” (Owensboro Times) Arrest and Allegations Former […]
Shawn Bolz of “Bolz Ministries” | Sexual Abuse & Grooming Allegations
Multiple former employees of Shawn Bolz have accused him nonconsensual sexual exposure, grooming, sexual harassment, and sexual abuse while acting in a position of spiritual and professional authority. The alleged victims were members of his ministry team and spiritual mentees who, according to reports, relied on Bolz for housing, travel, employment, and spiritual mentorship. Shawn […]
James Yerdon | New York Child Sexual Abuse
James Yerdon, a Norse Pagan church leader, has been charged in a child sexual abuse case involving two victims in Albany County, New York. Prosecutors allege the abuse occurred over a span of more than two years, involving multiple locations across New York. Yerdon is also facing a charge of possession of child pornography in […]
Former Grace Lutheran Pastor, Glenn Rosenbaum, Charged With Multiple Counts of Criminal Sexual Conduct in Michigan
Image sources: Mugshot of the accused, former pastor Glenn Thomas Rosenbaum, courtesy of Berrien County Sheriff’s Office Inmate Search. Exterior of Grace Lutheran Church and School, St. Joseph, Michigan, © Google, via Google Maps. A former pastor at Grace Lutheran Church and School in St. Joseph, Michigan is facing four felony charges involving three minor […]
Summit Church’s Senior Pastor Kevin Curtis Jones Arrested for Allegedly Soliciting a Minor
Image sources: Google Street View of Summit Church in Elkins, WV, © Google, via Google Maps. Kevin Curtis Jones, courtesy of West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Kevin Curtis Jones, 33, senior pastor of Summit Church in Elkins, West Virginia, has been charged with one felony count of soliciting a minor via computer. He […]
Walter Sevillano, Former Dundalk Pastor, Charged with Sex Abuse of a Minor
Image sources: Iglesia Cristiana Sanidad Divina, courtesy of LoopNet. Walter Sevillano, courtesy of Harford County Sheriff’s Office, as published by WMAR-2 News. A former Baltimore County pastor is facing criminal charges in a child sex abuse case reported to have occurred from 2023 to 2025. Walter Sevillano, 37, was a pastor at Iglesia Cristiana Sanidad […]
Diocese of Madison Under Scrutiny After the Arrest of Fr. Andrew Showers for Child Sex Crimes
Image source: Andrew Showers, courtesy of Waupaca County Sheriff’s Office, as published by Spectrum News 1. On August 24, 2025, the Clintonville Police Department arrested Father Andrew Showers, a priest of the Diocese of Madison, after an undercover operation. Police say Showers used Reddit and Telegram to exchange sexually explicit messages and images with someone […]
Former Youth Pastor Thomas “Tommy” Pinkerton, Self-Proclaimed “Spiritual Father,” Accused of Sexually Abusing Minors
Image sources: Thomas Pinkerton, courtesy of the Baltimore County Police Department. Google Street View of Central Christian in Baltimore, MD, © Google, via Google Maps. Former youth pastor Thomas George Pinkerton Jr., also known as “Tommy,” has recently been extradited from Georgia, where he lives with his wife and three children, to face 24 charges […]
Bishop Baldwin, Former LDS Bishop, Accused of Child Sexual Abuse in Federal Lawsuit
Image source: 2201 Golf Club Rd, Pittsburg, CA 94565 — a meetinghouse of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The location was identified in the lawsuit as a site of the alleged abuse by Bishop Baldwin. © Google, via Google Maps. A federal civil lawsuit filed in the Northern District of California accuses […]
Jonathan Daniel Lyon, Former Decatur Church Youth Leader, Facing Sex Abuse Charges
Image sources: Jonathan Daniel Lyon via Macon County Inmate Inquiry. Google Street View of Grace Baptist Church in Decatur, Illinois, where Lyon was previously a youth leader, © Google, via Google Maps. Jonathan Daniel Lyon, a 31-year-old former church youth leader, is facing criminal charges in Macon County, Illinois, related to the alleged sexual abuse […]