Former Perth Amboy Pastor Charged with Sexually Assaulting Boy 12 Years Ago

MyCentralJersey
July 21, 2012

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Jeffrey Mackintosh, former Perth Amboy youth pastor / Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office

A former Perth Amboy youth pastor has been arrested and charged with sexually assaulting a 12-year-old boy multiple times more than a decade ago.

Jeffrey Mackintosh, 46, of Dinah Drive, Phillipsburg was arrested at his home 9:15 p.m. Thursday, and charged with aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a child, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Bruce J. Kaplan and Perth Amboy Acting Police Chief Benjamin Ruiz.

Mackintosh, who works as a computer technician, is being held at the Middlesex County Adult Correction Center in North Brunswick in lieu of $100,000 bail, with no 10 percent down payment.

He was arrested during an investigation by Investigator Gregory Morris of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office and Perth Amboy Detective Pete Boulieris which began July 5, 2012, after the 12-year-old boy, who is now an adult, contacted the Perth Amboy Police Department.

The investigation determined Mackintosh, while serving as youth pastor at the Glad Tidings Assembly of God Church, repeatedly sexually assaulted the boy between January 1, 2000, and December 31, 2000 in a private room in the church, which at that time was located at 282 King Street in Perth Amboy. The church since has relocated in Perth Amboy, and the building on King Street was demolished several years ago.

Mackintosh, who served as youth pastor between 1993 and 2004, was responsible for church-sponsored youth activities such as sporting events and trips to shopping malls. He was not affiliated with the church once it relocated, according to a press release from the prosecutor’s office.

He since has been a member of churches in Woodbridge and Cranford, but has not served in any official or volunteer capacities.

The investigation is continuing. Anyone with information is asked to call Investigator Gregory Morris of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office at 732-745-3600, or Detective Pete Boulieris of the Perth Amboy Police Department at 732-442-4400.