ILLINOIS
Daily North Shore
by Steve Sadin • November 9, 2015
DEERFIELD — A former Deerfield pastor was indicted on four counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse by the Lake County Grand Jury Nov. 4 after police said he confessed to fondling a teenager from the church.
Samuel Kee, 39, of Lake Zurich and the former pastor of teaching and discipleship at the North Suburban Free Evangelical Church in Deerfield, walked into the Deerfield Police Department Oct. 14 and said he wanted to confess to a crime, according to Bernas.
Bernas said Kee told detectives he committed a crime of a sexual nature in the summer of 2014 with a girl who was 16 at the time. Bernas said Kee confessed to touching the teen in inappropriate places on her body.
“We talked to the juvenile victim to confirm the facts and the next day (Oct. 15) he was charged,” Bernas said. “We got a call (from the church) there was an internal investigation on Oct. 2.”
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