Friday, September 10, 2010

Pastor Leonel Pelayo arrested

A pastor from Carson (the city where I work) was arrested for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl. Pastor Leonel Pelayo’s church is on 99th street and Vermont Ave, which is an area known as South Central LA, but is better known as a no man’s land. The freeways take drivers around this area under the mistaken assumption that there is nothing of value there. Since I was born and raised near there (at least my early years), I don’t quite understand the distinction. I know it’s not as safe as some of the more affluent middleclass neighborhoods that surround it, but it not a war zone either. There are churches aplenty though. They tend to be the storefront variety. 

Pelayo’s alleged victim is 14 years old.

Police say in a news release that Pelayo, the pastor at a church in South Los Angeles, befriended the teenager in a church youth group and took her to several vacant properties to have sex with her.

Read more: South LA pastor arrested in teen sex case

Let’s see, the possibilities are The Do Right Christian Church, the Iglesia Monte Horeb, or the first Baptist Church of South Los Angeles. I’m betting on the Iglesia Monte Horeb.

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Tabitha Crandon · 762 weeks ago

What do you mean by your last statement? How do you know what church will do what?
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Mojoey 107p · 762 weeks ago

Two African American churches and one Hispanic church. Hispanic pastor arrested. You do the math.
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super realtor · 760 weeks ago

i'm a local realtor who's been keeping this creep (oh, he's not guilty till proven so, isn't that right?) appraised of local property values. You can bet I'm purging his name from my database. Yuk!
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Mojoey 107p · 756 weeks ago

Good idea.

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Mojoey 107p · 756 weeks ago

Good idea.

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Christian · 759 weeks ago

God will reveal those who do wrong especially when you hide behind the church.
Being a Christian has nothing to do with the filth a person choose to do.

Not judging the man but if there is no guilt, the Lord will reveal that as well. We will just have to wait and see.
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kel · 733 weeks ago

I knew the man personally,I rented an apt from him for 5 years and we had constant problems with the other tenants.As a man of GOD he never once tried to help our situation nor offer prayer.But to judge me that I smoked big weed and drank beer everyday when I came home from work,is the only consolation I recieved.Once I got cleaned up and sober all of a sudden I was exceptable. Thanks and ALL praise to GOD ALMIGHTY that I knew HIM and didn't pay him any mind.Now to here the man is a pedophile WOW!!!!!!! I"d rather smoke weed crack and anything else than be a pedophile.Seriously!!! .
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electriko · 713 weeks ago

well it seems yal are really blinded by the influence the perant of this child had in this whole mess , looking at pelayo's income .he was a likely target, anyways he 's a good man he donated two large homes for people in recovery through his church .i back him what he has done for many not many people do for them selfs.

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