Sex offenders are often religious and many of them attend church. In a study of 3,952 male sex offenders, 93% of these perpetrators described themselves as “religious” (Abel & Harlow,2001).
Sex offenders maintaining significant involvement with religious institutions have “more sexual offense convictions, more victims, and younger victims” (Eshuys & Smallbone, 2006; Firestone & Moulden, 2009).
9/12/24 – Police: Columbia pastor accused of molesting child family member takes own life
7/4/24 – Canadian megachurch halts services after insurers pull sex abuse coverage
6/28/24 – Former Wisconsin Rapids youth pastor facing child sexual assault charges
6/26/24 – Former Jones County GOP party chair pleads no contest to one child pornography charge
6/25/24 – Former pastor sentenced to 25 years for multiple child sexual assaults
6/21/24 – Former Palmetto pastor bought child pornography online, MCSO says
6/20/24 – KC area pastor resigns as Blue Springs school board president after abuse allegations
6/18/24 – Texas megachurch pastor resigns after woman says he sexually abused her in the 1980s
6/1/24 – Former church pastors and father and son charged with sexually assaulting children
5/20/24 – Living Word pastor Randy Saylor faces sexual assault charges
5/17/24 – Pastor in Steuben County sentenced on incest charge
5/16/24 – Former Central Georgia Teacher Charged with Distributing, Possessing Child Sexual Abuse Material
5/14/24 – Clifton woman arrested, accused of sexually assaulting multiple children at a local church
5/10/24 – Church pastor in The Woodlands accused of distributing child porn
5/7/24 – Updated: Wichita Falls pastor found guilty of sexually abusing girls in church office
5/7/24 – Dallas Diocese priest arrested for indecency with a child
5/9/24 – Former Bethany Christian Schools employee arrested on child seduction charges
5/1/2024 – Archdiocese of New Orleans Suspected of Child Sex Trafficking, Warrant Shows
4/30/24 – Longtime Dunwoody church employee charged with sexual exploitation of children: police
4/29/2024 – Court: 10k child sexual abuse images found on pastor’s devices, church computer
4/28/2024 – Metter Youth Pastor arrested for inappropriate contact with a minor
4/25/2024 – Cartersville Youth Pastor Pleads Guilty to Child Molestation And Sodomy Charges
4/23/2024 – Greeley church helper faces up to 66 years in prison for sex assaults on 3 girls
4/23/2024 – Plea deal reached for former preschool teacher accused of molesting multiple victims
4/22/2024 – Former Harrisburg church youth leader arrested for sexually molesting child at restaurant
4/19/2024 – GBI arrests former Pinewood Christian Academy teacher, coach
3/27/2024 – Former Omaha pastor sentenced for third-degree sexual assault of child
3/13/2024 – Former Mormon bishop highlighted in AP investigation arrested on felony child sex abuse charges
2/21/2024 – Former Orange County youth pastor charged with molestation of 4 boys
10/26/2023 – Louisiana pastor charged with sexual abuse of teenage girl
7/3/2023 – Texas pastor pleads guilty to possession of child sex abuse images
6/1/2023 – Paul Dyal, a Jacksonville pastor arrested in child sex battery case, is released on bond
12/9/2022 – Full List of Texas Pastors Charged With Abusing Children This Year
5/27/2022 – Southern Baptist leaders release a previously secret list of accused sexual abusers
1/6/2022 – Former Indiana youth pastor sentenced to 20 years in prison for molesting boys
9/21/2021 – Floyd County youth pastor arrested for child molestation, more victims possible, police say
4/17/2021 – Arrested Florida Pastor Accused of Molesting Child Under 12 for Four Years Inside Church
3/18/2021 – Former Orange Park minister, congressional candidate convicted of child sexual battery