BishopAccountability.org
	Empire Pastor Charged with Child Abuse Associated Press, carried in WAAY March 4, 2009 http://www.waaytv.com/Global/story.asp?S=9943858 EMPIRE, Ala. (AP) - The director of a home for troubled boys in Blount County has been charged with aggravated child abuse. An indictment was returned Feb. 13 against Pastor Jack Patterson of Empire who serves as director of Reclamation Ranch Ministries. Two others also were charged with aggravated child abuse. The investigation was launched in Nov. after a complaint was filed by a 17-year-old about "severe abuse, beating and torture." 11 boys were removed from the facility by the Department of Human Resources. Patterson, who remains free on $25,000 bond, declined comment on the charges. He will be arraigned on March 17.
Any original material on these pages is copyright © BishopAccountability.org 2004. Reproduce freely with attribution.