Moravian Pastor in Sex Scandal under Further Investigation

Jamaica Observer
December 31, 2016

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Police say a Moravian pastor based in Manchester, who is alleged to have had sexual intercourse with a 15-year-old girl on Wednesday night, faced more questioning yesterday and was expected to be charged with “having sex with a girl under 16 years old”.

Under Jamaican law, the age of consent for sexual relations is 16. Anyone below that age is a minor and therefore not eligible to consent to sexual intercourse.

Police say that about 9:00 pm on Wednesday, a motorised police patrol in the deep-rural community of Austin in Myersville, south-east St Elizabeth, close to the Alpart plant in Nain, came upon a parked car in a secluded area. Further inspection revealed the pastor and the 15-year-old in what the police describe as a “compromising position”.

Investigators say they are following further leads as a result of allegations that the pastor may have been involved in similar behaviour previously.