I ran across this guy while researching another pastor. Looks like we missed this one.
Yeah....a father figure. Yikes.
http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/20...120126_1_youth-pastor-young-boys-bible-church
Youth pastor accused of sexually abusing boy for 10 years
January 26, 2012
"A Broward teenager is accusing a Fort Lauderdale youth pastor of sexually molesting him for the past 10 years, according to the Broward Sheriff's Office. Jeffery London, 48, was arrested Wednesday night at his home in Lauderdale Lakes after returning from conducting Bible study at the Bible Church of God in Fort Lauderdale..."
and
"...The accuser, now 18 years old, recently told a friend from church that he had been abused repeatedly over the decade he lived with London. The alleged victim's mother had left him in London's care when he was 8 after she faced financial difficulties..."
and
"...Besides working at the Bible Church of God, London was the dean of students at Eagle Charter Academy in Lauderdale Lakes from 2003-2009, was a counselor at the Boys and Girls Club in Fort Lauderdale and could have worked at other area schools and churches..."
and
"....He has been a father figure to more than 15 young boys over the years. One was born to a mother with a cocaine addiction. Another was the son of a woman who died of AIDS. Yet another was left on his doorstep when the boy's family scattered after a hurricane. More than a few were left orphaned by murders and suicides. He introduced them as his sons. They called him dad...."
and
"...They can't say someone wasn't there for them," London said in 2006. At that time, London was divorced with a daughter at Bethune-Cookman, and living with five of the youths..."
More at link
Yeah....a father figure. Yikes.
http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/20...120126_1_youth-pastor-young-boys-bible-church
Youth pastor accused of sexually abusing boy for 10 years
January 26, 2012
"A Broward teenager is accusing a Fort Lauderdale youth pastor of sexually molesting him for the past 10 years, according to the Broward Sheriff's Office. Jeffery London, 48, was arrested Wednesday night at his home in Lauderdale Lakes after returning from conducting Bible study at the Bible Church of God in Fort Lauderdale..."
and
"...The accuser, now 18 years old, recently told a friend from church that he had been abused repeatedly over the decade he lived with London. The alleged victim's mother had left him in London's care when he was 8 after she faced financial difficulties..."
and
"...Besides working at the Bible Church of God, London was the dean of students at Eagle Charter Academy in Lauderdale Lakes from 2003-2009, was a counselor at the Boys and Girls Club in Fort Lauderdale and could have worked at other area schools and churches..."
and
"....He has been a father figure to more than 15 young boys over the years. One was born to a mother with a cocaine addiction. Another was the son of a woman who died of AIDS. Yet another was left on his doorstep when the boy's family scattered after a hurricane. More than a few were left orphaned by murders and suicides. He introduced them as his sons. They called him dad...."
and
"...They can't say someone wasn't there for them," London said in 2006. At that time, London was divorced with a daughter at Bethune-Cookman, and living with five of the youths..."
More at link