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Month: July 2023

1099: Daniel Savala

Child Molestation, Sexual Abuse
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Daniel Savala was a youth pastor at Clover Pass Community Church in Ketchikan, Alaska, in the late 90s when he sexually abused children at the church. He was sentenced to two years in prison, but all but 90 days was suspended. Letters from Assemblies of God clergy organized by Eli Stewart and Eli Gautreaux pled for leniency. Savala has been associated with the Chi Alpha, a Christian campus ministry since at least 1989. He spent many years working as an itinerant pastor, going from one Chi Alpha chapter to another.

1096: Mel Gibson

Familial Abuse & Violence
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His temper applies to his familial relationships as well. He has been accused of domestic violence and pleaded no contest to battery of his former girlfriend. He was sentenced to three years probation. After he completed probation, he had his record expunged in 2014.

1095: First Apostolic Church of Maryville, TN

Organizational Cover-Up, Rape Culture
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Two women have come forward alleging they were abused by men in the church when they were children. One was eleven, the other twelve. They, individually, told the pastor and his wife who offered to pray for them, but did not report the abuse to the police as required by law. In Tennessee, everyone is a mandatory reporter if they suspect abuse. This has been the law since 1965.

1094: Faith Academy

Organizational Cover-Up, Rape Culture
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The age of consent in Alabama is sixteen so the Sauers was not charged with rape or sexual abuse. Instead the charge was for a teacher-student relationship when the student is less younger than nineteen.

After Sauer was arrested, the girl was told she could not play softball unless she signed a waiver agreeing to hold the school harmless in regard to the incident with Sauers. This was particularly damaging as she is a strong player who hoped to secure a sports scholarship.

1093: Daryl Stagg

Child Indecency, Child Molestation, Child Rape, Sexual Battery
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He was arrested in June 2023, charged with twelve felonies in Grant Parish, Louisiana. The charges are three counts each of oral sexual battery, first degree rape, aggravated crimes against nature, and indecent behavior with juveniles. He is held on $950,000 bond.

1091: Matthew Reilly

Child Molestation, Solicitation of a Minor
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June brought worse problems when he was arrested for child molestation involving a twelve-year-old girl. The child molestation investigation began a week before the drug arrest. He was charged with one count each of first-degree child molestation, second-degree child molestation, and enticement of a person under the age of 16.