Church On the Word

«Holmes said the conversation occurred at the Church on the Word at 83^rd Avenue and Camelback Road in Glendale and included the two pastors, the 19-​year-​old victim and the suspect.
Holmes said the suspect admitted going into the victim’s room at night and touching her. The pastors told the victim that because the father was repentant, she should forgive him and restore their relationship.
After this conversation, the suspect stopped sexually abusing the older victim but reportedly continued sexually abusing the younger sister.
Based on the pastors’ failure to report the abuse, Holmes said the younger sister continued to be sexually abused for the next one to two years.
As mandatory reporters under Arizona Revised Statue, Holmes said the pastors had a duty to report to CPS and/​or law enforcement that this was occurring.
The pastors were both arrested Tuesday and booked on one count each of failure to report sexual abuse.»