Former Pastor Charged in Abuse Case

News Eagle
September 4, 2014

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LAKE ARIEL- Janine Edwards, Wayne County District Attorney, announced that Norman Theodore Faux, age 54, of Lake Ariel, was arrested on August 29, 2014, and charged with numerous counts of child sexual abuse, including Involuntary Deviate Sexual Intercourse with a Child.

According to the Affidavit of Probable Cause filed by Pennsylvania State Trooper John Strelish, Faux victimized a male child for several years starting in 2004 when the child was 9 years old. The victim is now 19 years old.

Faux was a United Methodist Pastor in Lake Ariel. Faux is also believed to have started a non-denominational-independent religious group in Lake Ariel after 2011 known as the Lake Ariel Faith Fellowship. Faux appeared at the Wayne County Courthouse for Central Court Wednesday morning and he requested a preliminary hearing which will be scheduled before District Magisterial Judge Bonnie Carney in the near future. Faux is currently incarcerated in the Wayne County Prison in lieu of $150,000.00 bail.

District Attorney Edwards asked that anyone having any information related to this case to please contact Trooper Strelish at 570-253-7126.