Priest Charged With Child Abuse Captured

Kansas: A 51-year-old Catholic priest wanted in Texas for four counts of sexual abuse of a child was arrested Friday in Lawrence.

The U.S. Marshals Service tracked down John M. Fiala, 51, after receiving a tip on his whereabouts. Fiala was charged Tuesday in Edwards County, Texas, with the abuse.

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Fiala had earlier been named in a civil lawsuit for allegedly sexually assaulting a 16-year-old boy at gunpoint in Texas. He was staying with friends in Lawrence. Before that he had stayed in Omaha, where he had previously served as a priest.

Preacher Arrested For Child Sex Assault

Texas: A North Texas preacher has been arrested on charges of sexual assault and aggravated sexual assault of a child.

Apostle Nathaniel Calhoun, a former Dallas street preacher and pastor of an Oak Cliff church, was arrested on multiple charges of aggravated sexual assault of a child and charges of sexual assault.

Pastor Charged With Molesting 11 Year Old

South Carolina: The York County minister arrested last week on three child abuse-related charges could face a return to federal prison, where he served seven years for stealing millions in a religious investment scam.

Federal prosecutors who proved The Rev. Johnny William "Bill" Cabe swindled churchgoers out of more than $8 million have confirmed that Cabe was arrested on new charges. Cabe, 50, was convicted on 26 counts of taking more than $8 million from investors in a scheme that brought convictions upon another pastor from Gastonia, N.C., and two other swindlers from England.

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Cabe, who lives in York, was released on $12,000 bond on charges of unlawfully practicing medicine, contributing to the delinquency of a minor, and committing a lewd act on a child under 16. Sheriff's deputies allege Cabe illegally touched an 11-year-old boy and gave the boy a cell phone communication card after a caretaker cut off communication between Cabe and the alleged victim.

Father Felix Owino Charged With Molestation

Virginia: A priest has been arrested on charges that he sexually abused an 11-year-old girl last week inside a Herndon home.

Fairfax County police responded late last Wednesday to the residence where 44-year-old Felix Owino was accused of touching the child “inappropriately,” Officer Bud Walker, a Fairfax police spokesman, said.

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Owino was charged with one count of aggravated sexual battery and was being held without bond at the Adult Detention Center in Fairfax County. A hearing is set for September 2.

Pastor Arrested For Statutory Rape

North Carolina: The Laurinburg Exchange is reporting that Darryl Todd, a 32-year-old pastor, is facing three counts of statutory rape charges involving a 14-year- old girl.

Todd, who is now the pastor of Spring Branch Missionary Baptist Church in Wagram, was once the pastor of Saint John Missionary Baptist Church in Riegelwood.

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Todd is also a former youth minister of Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church in Wilmington.

Youth Pastor Arrested On Sex Charges

Arizona: Cottonwood police arrested a youth pastor on charges he sexually molested and assaulted children during the summer.

Christopher Furey, 43, faces 20 counts of sex offenses, according to Cottonwood police. The charges include felony sex with a minor, sexual abuse and luring a minor for sexual exploitation.

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Investigators said that among other things, Furey was having sex with a 16-year-old girl while working as the youth counselor at Emmanuel Fellowship Church in Cottonwood.

Church Deacon Sentenced For Molestation

California: A former church deacon was sentenced Friday to 30 years to life for five counts of lewd or lascivious acts with two young sisters under the guise of providing Bible study, according to Sacramento County District Attorney.

The jury that convicted Robert Cowan in July also agreed to an enhancement against him, which added to his sentence. Cowan was a deacon in a large Baptist Church in Cool, CA.

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The victims are sisters, ages 7 and 10. Cowan committed the molestations at the victims' Sacramento County home where was supposed to be leading the victims in Bible study