Founder of Children's Ministry Charged with Indecency with a Child

KVUE
January 15, 2014

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SALADO, Texas -- The founder of a children's ministry in Salado has been arrested and charged with indecency with a child.

Police arrested Jon Phillip Tidball, 63, on Monday on an outstanding warrant issued in October 2013.

According to lieutenant Donnie Adams with the Bell County Sheriff's Office, Tidball's 24-year-old daughter told authorities last August that her father sexually abused her beginning when she was eight years old and continuing until she was 14.

Tidball, a retired Army chaplain, founded Patriot Kids' Ministries, a ministry for children of military members, five years ago.

Tidball was charged with indecency with a child by sexual contact. His bond was set at $75,000.