 A Memphis, Tenn., pastor is being held on a $1 million bond for allegedly sexually molesting a young family member for years. When the 16-year-old reported the alleged abuse to her mother early on, the woman chose to pray for God to end the abuse instead of reporting the alleged crime to earthly authorities.(Photo: Shelby County Sheriff's Office/WMC-TV) Michael Bryant, pastor of House of Restoration Church of God in Memphis, Tenn., was arrested Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2013, for alleged sexual battery of a teen female family member. Bryant in seen here in a mugshot.
Michael Bryant, 48, pastor of Hour of Restoration Church of God in Christ for the past three years and previously an elder at Greater Community Temple COGIC, is accused of taking advantage of the woman's work schedule to abuse her teenage daughter.
For the last two years, Bryant would enter the girl's bedroom whenever her mother was at work or asleep and expose his genitals and fondle her, WREG-TV reports investigators as saying.
When the girl turned to her mother for help, Bryant admitted to fondling her. However, the teen's mother prayed that God would remove "these thoughts" from Bryant's mind, instead of taking her daughter's story to the authorities. It was not immediately known how Bryant and the girl were related.
Other members of the Hour of Restoration COGIC congregation reportedly also knew of the alleged abuse, but did nothing, which could make them culpable to a crime.
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Source: Christian Post | NICOLA MENZIE
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