ALABAMA
Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests
For immediate release: Thursday, April 10, 2014
Statement by David Clohessy of St. Louis, Director of SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests ( 314 566 9790, SNAPclohessy@aol.com )
A Valley Grande pastor was arrested for multiple charges of sexually assaulting a teenage girl. We are grateful this dangerous predator is in jail.
William Best Jr. was the pastor at Living Waters Worship Center on Deepwoods Drive. He was a trusted member of the community and we are glad law enforcement immediately responded when the victim’s mother brought the girl to the station to make a report. When victims report their crimes future crimes can be prevented. We applaud this victim and her family for cooperating with law enforcement so that others will be spared the awful trauma of childhood sexual assault.
We want Living Waters Worship Center officials to publicly explain how this dangerous man was able to work at the center. They should immediately create better child protection policy and reach out to anyone else who may have seen, suspected, or suffered crimes and report to police.
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