Friday, June 19, 2009

He sure fits the predatory pastor profile

Efrain Umana I've learned a few things over the years. One is never trust a man who holds all the cards in a adult-to-child relationship. For example if a pastor is also your immigration sponsor and your counselor... um, run away.

A pastor in Lincoln, Nebraska fits the profile. Efrain Umana was arrested for sexually abusing a child and forcing a woman to have sex with him.
Umana is alleged to have raped a 10 or 11 year old girl in his Church’s sound room. There is also a women who claims Umana used his position of influence over her to force a sexual relationship.

There are other victims along with a disturbing history of abusive behavior, including losing his job as a pastor for an Assemblies of God church for unbecoming ministerial conduct, and losing his job as a school bus driving for being too friendly with the children.

The burning question is, why did the Templo Monte Horeb hire him as a pastor in the first place? Here is a man with obvious risk factors who should never be allowed to lead a church, yet he does. It gets better, how does a school bus driver move from a non-skilled job to leading a church? Are the no standards?

Update 4/18/2011

We have a conviction. 

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Joe · 816 weeks ago

My brother-in-law goes to Monte Horeb church. This mas was his pastor for years. I only heard him preach 1 time, and right off the bat I knew something was not right with him. Although, he did have an impressive vocabulary and was a fiery, passionate preacher. Guess he is a wolf in sheep's clothing.
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Jason · 647 weeks ago

Pastor Lee McFarland is a creep!
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Hugo · 622 weeks ago

hmmm... not so. the pastor was not their immigration sponsor. The church was. However, when their family decided to leave the church, they thought most church members would leave with them. not so. Now the very same month they got their immigration papers, they left the church. What they didn't realize at the time was that if they left the church they would lose their immigration status. Oops! So what better way to justify their leaving the church and keep their immigration status intact? Exactly. In the end they filed a lawsuit for a million dollars, which they settled for a measly $15000 so that the church's insurance company could save money instead of going to trial. OH btw... did you know if you're an illegal immigrant and you are the victim of a crime you can get your green card? yep.

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