MICHIGAN
Grand Haven Tribune
BECKY VARGO
GRAND HAVEN
JUN 25, 2014
The Rev. Tom Cook of First Presbyterian Church announced to his congregation on Sunday that Scott Robertson, the Grand Haven church’s associate pastor of Family Life, was on leave dealing with a personal situation.
Members of the congregation said Cook didn’t share any more information, and Cook is on vacation this week and not available to answer questions from the Tribune. Office staff declined to comment.
Robertson, 32, could be arraigned today on a fourth-degree child abuse charge, said Capt. Mark Bennett of the Ottawa County Sheriff’s Department. The Grand Haven man is being charged with causing injury to his then 3-month-old son.
The misdemeanor charge carries a maximum penalty of up to one year in jail.
Bennett said the county prosecutor’s office likely authorized the lesser charge because the child is almost fully recovered. In addition, the father has no criminal history and is no longer living at home.
Robertson pleaded no contest in May to a Michigan Department of Human Services petition seeking to take the child out of his care.
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