Friday, August 03, 2012
Thursday, August 02, 2012
Jack Schaap: Megachurch pastor fired from First Baptist Church in Hammond Indiana after deacon finds picture of him kissing 16-year-old girl on his phone | Mail Online - A pastor at a mega-church has been dismissed after allegations that he committed a grave ‘sin’ with a 16-year-old female church member. - Dr Jack Schaap, 54, had been pastor of the First Baptist Church of Hammond in Indiana for 11 years, but was let go after a deacon saw a text on Schaap’s phone from the teenager, allegedly with a picture of the two of them kissing. - A board of deacons from the church voted to fire him, according to a public release from the church ‘due to a sin that has caused him to forfeit his right to be our pastor.’
Ex-pastor of Indiana church investigated for sex with teen - ChicagoTribune.com - The age of consent in Indiana is 16. However, authorities are investigating whether Schaap may have taken the girl across state lines to Illinois -- where the consent age is 17 -- when she was 16, according to Wilson. The girl is now 17.
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