Pastor charged with molesting girl
Posted May 14th, 2008 by minortopics | via www.chicagotribune.comA pastor at a Baptist church in northern Illinois has been arrested for allegedly having some inappropriate contact with a young parishioner.
Forty-year-old Jonathon Christopher Powell faces two counts of criminal sexual assault of a victim between 13 and 17 years old.
According to the church’s Web site, Powell is a senior pastor at New Hope Baptist Church in the village of Machesney Park.
A telephone message left at the church after business hours Monday was not immediately returned. No telephone listing for Jonathon Christopher Powell could be found.