Grand Jury Indicts Youth Pastor on Child Molestation Charges

If you read the headline to this post and think you're experiencing a case of deja vu, we assure you, you're not. Leaders of a church being accused of molesting kids is nothing new, to say the least, and the latest member of the cloth accused of feelin' up kids...

By James King

September 1, 2010

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If you read the headline to this post and think you're experiencing a case of deja vu, we assure you, you're not.

Leaders of a church being accused of molesting kids is nothing new, to say the least, and the latest member of the cloth accused of feelin' up kids while leading a congregation happened here in Arizona.

According to the Cottonwood Police Department, a grand jury returned a 20-count indictment alleging that 43-year-old Christopher Furey, the youth minister at the Emmanuel Fellowship Church in Cottonwood, molested several children while working as the youth pastor at the church.

The alleged molestations occurred over a two month period this past July and August. Furey was arrested on August 20.

Of the several alleged charges, Furey is accused of having sex with a 16-year-old girl while working with the church.

Furey's charges include felony sex with a minor, sexual abuse and luring a minor for sexual exploitation.

He's being held in the Yavapai County Jail on $50,000 bond.

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