Daughter of Alabama Pastor Witnessed Him Sexually Abuse Minor, Court Filing States

By Jeremy Gray
AL.com
October 29, 2015

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When former Clarke County pastor Mack Charles Andrews Jr. stands trial in November on charges of raping and sexually abusing and torturing multiple young girls, prosecutors want to introduce evidence of other similar crimes.

District Attorney Spencer Walker last week filed a motion stating he wants to introduce evidence Andrews sexually abused other young girls, crimes for which he was never charged. The evidence, he wrote, would "establish the Defendant's motive and unnatural sexual desire for underage girls."

Some of the abuse, the filing states, was witnessed by Andrews' daughter.

Andrews is expected to stand trial Nov. 16 on charges involving multiple minors in the late 80s and into the 90s when he was pastor of the First United Pentacostal Church in Thomasville and principal of Faith Christian Academy.

In September, one of Andrews' accusers shared with AL.com her story of alleged abuse.

The day after the story was published, the judge in the case issued a gag order preventing attorneys and witnesses in the case from talking with reporters or posting details of the case on social media.

Walker plans to introduce evidence of other crimes allegedly committed by Andrews, an Oct. 23 filing states. The filing does not indicate why charges were not filed in the cases.

"Although the alleged acts occurred over the course of years, all of the victims were approximately the same age at the time of the acts; and in many of these instances, the acts occurred inside the Defendant's church office," the filing states.

The other alleged crimes include:

"The State expects to introduce evidence that while on a church trip to Texas; the Defendant sexually abused P.P.B., who was at the time a minor under the age of 16, while in a car on said trip," a court filing states.

"This act was allegedly witnessed by the daughter of the Defendant.

"Further, the State expects to introduce evidence that the Defendant sexually abused P.P.B., who was at the time a minor under the age of 16, while at his home next to Larry Walters Furniture in Thomasville, Alabama. This act was also witnessed by the daughter of the Defendant."

The evidence he plans to present, he wrote, "would indicate that the Defendant committed sexual abuse against L. H., a child under the age of 16 at the time of the alleged act...

"The instances of abuse involving L.H., are so similar in nature and character that they clearly establish the Defendant's motive and unnatural sexual desire for underage girls," the motion continues.

"L.H. describes incidences that occurred inside the Defendant's church office when she was 12 years old.

"During the first incident, the Defendant touched the buttocks of L.H. with his hand. About two weeks later in the church office, L.H. alleges that the Defendant fondled her breast.

The Defendant often would tell L.H. that she was "sexy."

"He would often request that she give him his insulin shot, then unzip, unbutton and pull his pants down.

"On one occasion, L.H., went in the Defendant's church office to take out the trash. The Defendant told her to "grab it", she thought referring to the trash. She went around his desk, and the Defendant had his penis in his hand.

"All of the incidences described by L.H. occurred during the same time period as some of the incidences involved in the cases for which the Defendant is charged. Further, several of the incidences for which the Defendant is charged occurred in his church office."

Walker wrote he plans to introduce evidence Andrews attempted to rape "D.E., who was a child under the age of 16 at the time of the alleged act" and "committed sexual abuse against T.M., who was a minor at the time of the alleged acts."