Thursday, April 21, 2011

Pastor Stephen Berry arrested (again)

stephenBerryPastor Stephen Berry was arrested the first time back in March. This new arrest is for a second allegation of abuse against a 13-year-old girl he is alleged to have molested he was driving a church bus.

…and charged with lewd act on a child under the age of 16 by the Union County Sheriff’s Office. According to the warrant, Berry is accused of rubbing a 13-year-old girl’s upper thighs while transporting her from New Life Baptist Church to her home in the summer of 2008.

Berry is a Baptist. He was an associate pastor at New Life Baptist Church in Union. The church does not acknowledge the abuse on it’s website, which is typical for a Baptist church. It would be nice to see a change here. It would actually help a lot of people to simply acknowledge the abuse and get on with the business of helping victims heal.

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Jack 119p · 733 weeks ago

One would certainly hope that this church would have to answer some questions about why this guy was allowed anywhere near children following his first arrest. But I suppose the fact that they probably won't is exactly why this is such a problem.
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Rachel · 718 weeks ago

He no longer worked at the church after Jan 2011 after the church found out he was having relations with another adult female- the first arrest came from a young girl you spoke out about her encounter with him after hearing about his relations with the adult - the church had no knowledge of him being with a minor at that point - the second arrest came after a second allegation arose after a month of the spreading knowledge of the first allegation with a minor - so you see - the church knew nothing of his problem with minors - only of his immoral relations with an adult female - fired him - THEN the allegations came with the minors - so dont blame the church for this man's sins!!!!
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deleted8470268 143p · 733 weeks ago

Exactly Vjack ! They are ,and should be held criminally negligent in there handling of this matter . Forced to pay damages ,and made to close they're doors until they comply with common sense standards of operations.

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