David Wayne Pendley was a teacher at Faith Lutheran, a religious private school in Las Vegas, Nevada. A senior at the school went to the police and reported he sexually assaulted her several times. He invited her on a mission trip to Mexico where he became inappropriately personal. He told her he loved her.
Back in school, he asked her to dog sit while he and his wife went out of town. When she went to his house, he was alone and he raped her. His abuse continued for six months and he reacted with anger when she said she did not like it. He told her that his heart was connected to his penis, that god made him that way, that no one would believe, etc.
He was arrested and charged with six charges of sexual conduct between a school employee and a pupil.
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October 19, 2022