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Pastor Forced Girls To Videotape Him Having Sex

New Jersey: Charges have been brought against a New Jersey pastor accused of forcing teenaged girls to videotape him and a woman from his congregation having sex.

Prosecutors say Moises Cotto, the pastor of Congregation of Yahweh in Newark, was forcing teenaged girls to videotape him having sex with his girlfriend at a Linden motel. Prosecutors say Cotto was having an affair with Brenda Pabon, a woman he had been counseling and frequently meeting at the Linden motel.
 
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Investigators say on several occasions, Cotto forced two teenaged girls to videotape him and Pabon having sex at the Benedict Motel. He's also accused of taking nude photos with one teen and sexually assaulting another teen who resisted his demands.

Baptist Preacher Accused Of Shooting Fellow Pastor

Texas: A local Baptist preacher and community leader is accused of shooting a preacher from Cuero after a construction contract dispute, law enforcement officials said.

The Rev. Mark Stewart, 49, the pastor at Rising Star Baptist Church, was arrested about noon Thursday in Cuero on suspicion of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in connection with the shooting of John Jackson, 59.

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Johnson is a known construction contractor in Cuero, who has worked on a variety of projects including courthouse renovations. Stewart is free on bail totaling $75,000 Friday.

Pastor Charged With Multiple Counts Of Fraud

Missouri: A former Southern Baptist pastor in Missouri has been indicted on charges of using his position to defraud church members into loaning him money that he did not repay.

A four-count federal indictment for mail fraud accuses Danny O'Guin, former pastor of Parker Road Baptist Church in Florissant, Mo., of using false pretenses to convince elderly church members to loan him money that he told them was to repair residences he owned out of the state.

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Authorities say O'Guin, 62, stole thousands of dollars between June 2006 and March 2009 from church members who felt obliged to lend him money because he was in a position of religious authority. If convicted, each of the four counts carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and/or fines up to $250,000.

Pastor Sentenced To 17 years For Molesting 2 Girls

Virginia: A former youth pastor at a Southern Baptist church in Virginia has been sentenced to 17 years in prison for sexually assaulting two teenage girls.

Jeremy Duffer -- known as "Pastor Jack" to youth and adults at Seaford Baptist Church near Hampton, Va., where he served from January 2008 until his arrest in August 2009 -- pleaded guilty in February to one charge of an indecent act with a child and eight counts of aggravated sexual battery.

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Judge William Andrews sentenced the 41-year-old father of four to five years on the indecent-act charge and 10 years on each of the eight aggravated sexual battery charges. The judge suspended eight years and six months on each charge, leaving Duffer with 17 years of active time to serve.

Homosexuals Should Burn...

...unless they also happen to be pedophile priests