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	Sunday School Teacher Charged with Molesting Girl, 12 By Will Bigham Daily Bulletin October 17, 2008 http://www.dailybulletin.com/ci_10751685 ONTARIO - A 44-year-old married father of six who teaches Sunday school at a Corona church is facing criminal charges of molesting a 12-year-old girl in 2003. Prosecutors say John Calvin Savage taught the girl in Sunday school at Grace Baptist Church and touched her inappropriately when she visited his Ontario home to do chores. Savage was arrested Wednesday and was being held at West Valley Detention Center in Rancho Cucamonga in lieu of $500,000 bail. He is scheduled to be arraigned Monday. Prosecutors charged Savage with two felony counts of committing a lewd or lascivious act on a child under 14 years old. He faces a maximum prison sentence of 16 years. Ontario police began investigating Savage after allegations of abuse came to light in August. Savage was accused of inappropriately touching a 16-year-old female Chinese exchange student living at his home, Deputy District Attorney Jason Anderson said. While investigating that claim, police re-examined the abuse report from 2003, Anderson said. Police searched Savage's home and found a diary that included passages written by Savage about his sexual feelings for children, Anderson said. Anderson said the girl who said Savage molested her in 2003 told police that Savage touched her inappropriately during and after a car ride from the Corona church to his Ontario home. The girl told police she protested the touching at the time, Anderson said. She was recently re-interviewed by police, and her statement was consistent with her statements from 2003, Anderson said. Anderson said police intend to file charges in connection with this year's allegations involving the exchange student. Police are trying to locate the exchange student, who has returned to China. Contact: (909) 483-8553 or will.bigham@inlandnewspapers.com
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