Victory Christian Youth Pastors Cover-Up Rape of Child

[ThomPaine]

Victory Christian Center explains 2-week lapse in reporting rape claim | Tulsa World

Five Victory Christian Center staff members, including [Victory Christian Senior Pastor Sharon] Daugherty's son and daughter-in-law, were suspended from employment in addition to being charged with failing to report child abuse.

Daugherty, who was not charged, told investigators she believed her subordinates were appropriately reporting the incidents, police said.


Paul Willemstein, 32, associate youth pastor; Anna George, 24, high school outreach program director; Harold Frank Sullivan, 73, the church's human resources director; Charica Dene Daugherty, 27, assistant senior high youth pastor, and John Samuel Daugherty, 28, senior high youth pastor, were jailed on the misdemeanor charges last week.

Catholic Church, Penn State University, and Victory Christian Center seem to be very similar. All very large organizations with too much money and power at risk to report the abuse of children within their organizations. It is not always the case, and may not be here, but often times, in addition to fear of bad publicity, things like this are not reported because they have been "allowed" to happen in the past, or people have not been punished for this activity in the past. You would think that after all the negative publicity at Penn State, church leaders would have known better than to do an "internal investigation."

The only response to finding out about the abuse/rape of a child is to call the police. What you do to the abuser/rapist prior to the police arriving is completely between you and your chosen higher power.

[Roadhawg]

Sad situation.