PENNSYLVANIA
PennLive
By John Beauge | Special to PennLive
on September 07, 2016
PAXINOS — The pastor of a Northumberland County church has been charged with failing to report to authorities an alleged sexual abuse incident.
Gregory L. Clendaniel, 53, of Paxinos, was charged Tuesday, as was the man who is alleged to have committed the abuse.
Clendaniel, as the pastor of the Augustaville Wesleyan Church, is required by law to report sexual abuse incidents, state police said.
The arrest affidavit states Seth S. Sparrer, 22, of Middleburg, was one of the adult chaperons on a July 13 field trip to Knoebels Amusement Resort.
On the return trip from the park, Sparrer is accused of holding the hand of a 14-year-old girl, kissing her and touching her breast over her clothes.
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