Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Another Evangelical Pastor Arrested for Molesting Boys


This time it's Las Vegas anti gay Pastor Billy Eskstine McCurdy who used biblical verses to coerce boys into sex and was charged with 11 felony counts of molesting teenage boys.

North Las Vegas police arrested Billy Eckstine McCurdy, 57, following an eight-month investigation into allegations that he sexually assaulted teen boys at his home. McCurdy is the pastor at Revival Temple Church of God in Christ at the intersection of Tonopah and Vegas drives. At the church Friday night, men in all black suits said no church officials were prepared to comment on the arrest. The new charges involve two teen boys who said McCurdy forced them into sexual relationships with him. They told police he used his position in the church and Bible scriptures to force them into sex acts, authorities said. Both boys testified at a grand jury, which indicted McCurdy Thursday on six counts of sexual assault and five counts of open or gross lewdness. He was being held at the Clark County Detention Center without bail.

Five years ago a similar charge was brought against McCurdy, but was dropped because prosecutors felt they could not prove their case.

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