Paul Edward Acton Bowen was a prominent Alabama Evangelical religious leader. He founded Acton Bowen Outreach which still has an active internet presence promoting rightwing and religious leaders and publishing three to four articles a month. He is also a convicted child molester serving time in prison. He was sentenced to consecutive maximum sentences, more than 1,000 years in prison.
The 1008 years is for the case involving 6 children between 12 and 16 over more than a decade, focusing on one and then moving on when the child aged out. He was also charged with crossing state lines to meet with a child and soliciting a child.
- Alabama.com: Prosecutors want evangelist Acton Brown declared a sexually violent predator
- Washington Times: Youth Evangelist, Mental disorder plea in child sex charges
- The Gadsden Times: Bowen trial set in December on Etowah charges
The Selma Times-Journal
Selma, Alabama · Tuesday, December 03, 2019