September 30, 2009
Youth Pastor Charged With Having Sex With 14-Year-Old Girl May Face Charges in Ohio
About two weeks ago, Chandler police arrested a pastor for having sex with a 14-year-old girl in his congregation. Police say 25-year-old Josh O'Bannion admitted to having sex with the girl at least three times over the the last few months, while serving as youth pastor at the Christ Life Church in Tempe. Being that this is often how these cases go, we weren't shocked when two more young girls in the pastor's former congregation made similar allegations. After hearing about the pastor's arrest here September 15, police in Parma, Ohio, say two girls, also 14, came forward to say that O'Bannion had engaged in sex with them, too, when he was a pastor in their church.Click Here For The Full Story......
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Youth Pastor Admits to Sex with Teen
PARMA, Ohio -- A youth pastor who formerly served at a church in Parma has already admitted to engaging in sexual acts with a 14-year-old girl, and now local authorities are investigating additional allegations from his time in northeast Ohio, Fox 8 News reports. Joshua O'Bannion was arrested in Chandler, Ariz., earlier this month after he confessed to having sex with a teenager in that area. O'Bannion, who was working as an intern at Christ Life Church in Tempe, Ariz., told authorities that he engaged in sexual acts with the girl on at least three occasions over the previous two months.