Church Volunteer Accused of Three Decades Worth of Abuse

KTLA
August 17, 2012

http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-joshua-tree-church-volunteer-abuse,0,2785248.story

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Caleb Hesse, 52. (San Bernardino Sheriff's Department)

A teacher and church volunteer from Joshua Tree is accused of sexual encounters with several young boys over the past 30 years.

Investigators say Caleb Hesse met the majority of the victims during overnight outings with a youth group at the Evangelical Free Church in Yucca Valley.

Hesse has volunteered with the group since the early 1980's.

He has also worked for the Morongo Unified School District since 1987.

Hesse, 52, was booked into jail on suspicion of lewd acts with a child under the age of 14 and is being held on $2.5 million bail.

Deputies ask anyone who may have been a victim to call the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department at (909) 387-3615.