Youth pastor forced girl into sex under threat of reporting family to ICE

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A youth pastor at a Pembroke Pines, FL, church coerced a young girl into having sex with him by threatening to turn her and her family into immigration authorities, police said.

Luis Clarke, 38, sexually assaulted the girl over six months, beginning when she was 15 in August 2016 until February 2017 when she was 16, an arrest report said.

Clark was a part-time youth pastor at Abrazo tu Sueno Church, 9626 Pines Boulevard, and police are concerned he may have sexually victimized other minors, Capt. Al Xiques, spokesman for Pembroke Pines police said Thursday.

“We are asking any parent or guardian whose child may have come into contact with the suspect through the church or otherwise, to please speak to them regarding this matter,” Xiques said. “If there is a concern of potential wrongdoing, they are urged to contact the Pembroke Pines Police Department.”

Clarke was arrested Thursday morning and charged with 25 felony counts, including sexual battery of a minor and false imprisonment, records show. He is being held in the Broward Main Jail in downtown Fort Lauderdale.

https://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/pembroke-pines/fl-ne-youth-pastor-sexual-battery-teen-girl-20190425-story.html

[marble falls]

1. No words for this kind of crime. Just shocked.

[Funtatlaguy]

2. Churches, the Boy Scouts, molestation everywhere... Sigh.

[NightWatcher]

3. Predators like jobs where they have power and access to kids

Stop sending your kids to places where they hunt.

[Funtatlaguy]

4. At least without chaperones or a buddy system.

[Rambling Man]

5. They've always been there

Children get treated worse than animals.

[keithbvadu2]

8. To Trump, they are animals.

[lpbk2713]

6. The church will grant him the Lawd's forgiveness.

And he will go on finding new victims with their blessing.

[Wounded Bear]

7. If he did it once, he probably did it more than that...

[malaise]

9. They prey more than they pray

Parents beware - throw away the key

[JudyM]

11. Perfect again, malaise. Nuthin but net.

[Stinky The Clown]

10. The very term "youth pastor" squeaks me. This story is why.