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Christian Post
Evangelical Pastor Facing 37 Charges of Alleged Rape and Abuse Involving 2 Children, One Boy, One Girl
BY VINCENT FUNARO , CHRISTIAN POST REPORTER
January 8, 2015
An Oregon evangelical pastor is facing 37 charges of alleged rape and abuse that involves two children — one boy and one girl.
James Daniel Worley, 37, served as the senior pastor at Powell Valley Church in Gresham and was arrested on Dec. 30 in Multnomah County following a Dec. 16 grand jury indictment. The sex crimes are said to have taken place 10 to 12 years ago.
Worley, who also worked as a Tillamook police officer, is now being held on $500,000 bail. The charges against him include 20 counts of sexual abuse, 11 counts of sodomy and three counts of using a child in a display of sexually explicit conduct.
Documents reveal that the alleged abuse took place between Sept. 1, 2002, and June 30, 2004, while the children were under the ages of 14 and 12. They also state Worley “did unlawfully and knowingly induce (the victims) … to engage in sexually explicit conduct for a person to observe” in the latter of the three charges.
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