HAMMOND (IN)
WGN
[with video]
Julie Unruh
WGN News
HAMMOND, Ind.—
Stripped of his duties, the pastor of a northwest Indiana mega-church has confessed to having sex with an underage girl when she was 16.
The Board of Deacons shared that with its congregation in Hammond Wednesday night. The girl was a member of the First Baptist Church of Hammond, the same church where Brother Jack Schaap was the pastor for the past 11 years.
Schaap married the daughter of the church’s founder and is said to be attempting to reconcile with her now.
No charges have been filed, but the FBI is said to be investigating allegations that multiple sexual encounters took place with the same girl across state lines.
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