ILLINOIS
ABC 13
By Ravi Baichwal
Friday, September 02, 2016
WHEATON, IL — Police have charged a suburban church deacon with sexually assaulting a girl for several years. Authorities said he admitted to abusing the child since she was 3 1/2 years old.
Timothy Peltz, who serves as a deacon at Living Hope Bible Church in Roselle, is charged with four counts of predatory criminal sexual assault, a class X felony. If convicted, he could face 24 to 120 years in prison.
Nobody at Living Hope Bible Church came to the door or returned ABC7’s calls for comment. Attempts to contact umbrella organizations related to the church also came up empty.
There was also no answer at the door of Peltz’s home in a townhouse complex in Wheaton, where neighbors described him as a quiet gentleman. The ABC7 I-Team reports the alleged abuse began shortly after Peltz’ own baby daughter died.
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