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By PAIGE AUSTIN (Patch Staff)
December 10, 2015
A youth pastor at an Aliso Viejo church was behind bars today for allegedly having “inappropriate” contact with children, sometimes on church property.
Brandon McDade, 30, of Mission Viejo, was arrested Wednesday and is being held in lieu of $20,000 bail, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Department. It the second time in a month that a South County youth pastor has been arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting congregants.
Sheriff’s officials said they began investigating McDade Monday after receiving a report of inappropriate conduct. While investigating, detectives contacted several other alleged victims, each of whom indicated there had been inappropriate conduct by McDade over a two-year period when he worked as a youth pastor at Grace Hills Church, according to the sheriff’s department.
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