Peter Barton was the pastor of the New LIfe Christian Fellowship Church in Concord. Now he is a disgraced convicted child molester. His story is sad but typical. Barton was molesting an 8-year-old girl when his wife walked in on him. He had molested the girl for months.
Barton pled guilty earlier this months. The rest of his life will be spent in prison. His assets... well now the victim has a chance for compensation. The girls family is suing.
With the criminal case against Barton resolved, the civil lawsuit brought by the parents of his victim, who his now 9, will move forward.
In that case, the parents have accused Barton of assault and battery, sexual abuse, infliction of emotional abuse, false imprisonment and invasion of privacy against their daughter. They have asked the court to award them and the girl the maximum damages allowed.
Source: Concord Monitor - Parents of sex abuse victim sue. By Annmarie Timmings.
The damage these pastors cause never really goes away.
