GREENVILLE (SC)
WYFF [Greenville, SC]
June 12, 2025
By Zach Rainey, Stephanie Moore
More details have been released after a Greenville County, South Carolina, pastor and his wife were accused of decades of abuse towards children.
On Tuesday, several more charges were filed against Myron and Kathleen Chorbajian.
Myron Chorbajian was a pastor at 1st Southern Methodist Church on Fork Shoals Road, according to the church’s Facebook page.
According to detention center records, Myron is now facing two attempted murder charges and dozens more. Records show he is now facing 63 total charges since his arrest on May 15.
Detention center records show Kathleen is now facing additional charges of abandonment of a minor child. Records show she is now facing 26 total charges.
According to the new arrest warrants released on Thursday, Kathleen is accused of forcing a child to eat deviled eggs until the child vomited and then forced the child to eat their own vomit.
Of these new charges, Myron allegedly forced a child to smoke several packs of cigarettes until they threw up.
Another arrest warrant alleges that in the 1990s Myron held a child under water cutting off their oxygen and causing the child to fear for their life.
Myron is also accused of placing his arms around the neck of a child and cutting off their oxygen to the point that the child went unconscious.
Original story:
A pastor at a Greenville County, South Carolina, church is facing numerous child sex charges, and his wife has also been arrested, according to deputies.
*Find details of the allegations at the bottom of this story*
Myron Chorbajian is a pastor at 1st Southern Methodist Church on Fork Shoals Road, according to the church’s Facebook page.
Myron and his wife, Kathleen, were arrested on fugitive from justice warrants on May 15 in Nashville, Tennessee, according to authorities.
Deputies with the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office said the arrests were made in connection with an investigation into child abuse allegations involving eight children.
In April, investigators initiated an investigation after one of the victims contacted law enforcement to report extensive abuse.
According to the report, the abuse allegedly began in the 1980s. Preliminary findings indicate that all the male children were subjected to physical abuse, while all the female children suffered sexual abuse.
Deputies said two of the victims, who were children during the abuse, are now dead.
Following an extensive investigation, warrants were obtained on May 15 and both Myron and Kathy were arrested that same day by the Metro Nashville Police Department.
The couple has since been transported back to the Greenville County Detention Center.
Myron Chorbajian is facing the following charges:
- Three counts of second-degree criminal sexual conduct with minor, ages 11-14
- Three counts of incest
- One count of second-degree criminal sexual conduct
- Fourteen counts of placing a child at risk, harm or abandon
- Two counts of second-degree assault and battery
Kathleen Ann Chorbajian faces the following charges:
- Fourteen counts of placing a child at risk, harm or abandon
- Two counts of accessory after the fact of a felony
Myron and Kathy were both denied bond on May 23.
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Details from the Arrest Warrants
*All of the following graphic details have been obtained from arrest warrants and remain allegations. Everyone is innocent until proven guilty.*
According to arrest warrants, Myron forced one of the children to “search dumpsters to eat rotten and discarded food.”
Another arrest warrant alleges that Myron beat a child with a belt to the point that the child lost consciousness.
In another instance of alleged abuse, Myron stripped a child to their underwear and tied the child to a basketball post. Myron then hit the backside of the child more than 50 times with a belt.
Additionally, Myron is accused of breaking a coffee mug over the head of a child, which later led to the child’s diagnosis of epilepsy.
According to one of the warrants, Myron killed a child’s dog and forced the child to bury the dog. Myron also ran over a child’s pet kitten and shot the kitten in the head while the child was present.
Authorities accuse Kathleen of putting the children at risk by not doing anything to stop or deter her husband’s alleged actions.
She is also accused of forcing a child to eat an entire bar of soap, causing the child to be sick.
In another arrest warrant, Kathleen is accused of striking a child in the head with a skillet, leaving visible bruises and head trauma.
WYFF News 4 has chosen not to release details of the sexual allegations.