INGLEWOOD (CA)
Los Angeles Times
[with video]
The last time the Rev. Gordon Solomon spoke from the pulpit at Christ’s Community Church in Inglewood, he asked the congregation to pray for him and his family as he faced troubling times.
Members assumed the 50-year-old pastor had an illness in the family. But on Wednesday, they discovered Solomon was battling allegations that he had an ongoing relationship with a teenage congregant.
“I didn’t think it was something like this,” said Walter Woodard, 57, a musician for the church. “But I know I cannot put my faith in the man.”
Solomon was charged Friday with nine felony counts of allegedly committing lewd acts on a child. He is being held in lieu of $3-million bail. Authorities believe that there may be other victims.
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