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Pastor accused of sex abuse turns himself in (UPDATED)
By Diane Turbyfill
A former church pastor is in jail on allegations that he committed sex crimes against children. Cory Dean Moses is being held in the York County Jail without bond. Warrants were issued for Moses’ arrest earlier this week. He turned himself in Saturday. Moses, 38, of 2518 Liberton Court, is accused of sexually abusing a teenage church member. Police say that Moses abused an underage girl from the time she was 14 until she was 19. Moses was pastor of New Mountain Zion Church and Redeemed Christian Ministry at the time of the alleged abuse. He has since left the churches. Moses has been charged with three counts of first-degree assault and battery and two counts of third-degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor. The former pastor is already a registered sex offender for crimes he committed in Gaston County. Moses once pastored at Faith Chapel Fire Baptized Holiness Church on Queens Road in Gastonia. He used that position to prey on young girls, sexually assaulting two girls, ages 14 and 15. The abuse took place at a bowling alley while on a church outing, in the parking lot of the church and in the church itself. Investigators said at the time that Moses rubbed his private parts against the 14-year-old’s back while she played a video game at the bowling alley. That incident happened in October 2001. A year later, the same victim told police Moses exposed and fondled himself in his car, which was parked outside of the church, and touched her inappropriately in his office inside the church. The second victim, then 15, told police Moses touched her inappropriately on several occasions and had intercourse with her. All of those incidents happened inside the church. The abuse happened in 2002. Moses was convicted in 2003 for indecent liberties with a child. He served almost two years in prison and was released in March 2005.
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