FLORIDA
Gainesville Sun
The Associated Press
July 21. 2005 6:01AM
GREEN COVE SPRINGS - The former director of a church-affiliated day care center has been charged with molesting 10 children, some of them during what investigators said was a twisted game of "Truth or Dare."
Joshua Palin, 25, was originally charged last month with molesting two girls, ages 12 and 13, at his Jacksonville home.
The additional charges were added this week after Clay County sheriff's investigators interviewed children who attended the Kid's Palace centers in Orange Park and at Doctors Lake.
The centers, which were licensed for 176 children, were operated by Faith Ministries, a church at which Palin's father is pastor. They were closed June 15.
The new charges accuse Palin of using games of "Truth or Dare" between June 1, 2004, and June 7 of this year to molest youngsters at the centers.
"Truth or Dare" is played by having one person ask another: "Truth or dare?" If the person answers "truth," they are asked an embarrassing question. If the response is "dare," they are asked to do something embarrassing.
Palin is charged with "daring" children age 5 to 14 to fondle him or each other or to perform oral sex on each other.