HAWAII
The Garden Island
NAALEHU, Hawaii (AP) — A Big Island man indicted on molestation charges knew the alleged victims through a church in a remote Kau community, a prosecutor said.
Nicholas “Nick” Krivanek, 69, of Ocean View, is accused of molesting two girls under 14. An indictment alleges one victim was molested between 2007 and 2011 and the second victim was allegedly molested between 2009 and 2011.
“The victims did know him because of the church,” Deputy Prosecutor Jeff Burleson told Hawaii Tribune-Herald (http://ow.ly/mek5X ). “I don’t know if they are members of the church themselves.”
Krivanek was removed as a deacon and youth leader at Ocean View Evangelical Community Church after he confessed to church elders in 2011, said Larry Fisher, who was secretary of the elders at the time.
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