MISSOURI
Fox 4
MAY 20, 2015, BY KATIE BANKS
GRANDVIEW, Mo. — More potential victims have come forward one week after a former church deacon was charged with molesting two children, according to Grandview police.
Detectives interviewed more families Wednesday about similar interactions they claim their children had with 68-year-old John Stone, who helped lead children’s programs for decades at Grandview Baptist Church where he was a deacon.
Stone is now facing four first-degree counts of child molestation after prosecutors said he inappropriately touched and kissed two children of a close friend last year.
The victims’ mother talked for the first time exclusively with FOX 4 about the allegations and their impact on her family, in hopes her words give other victims the courage to come forward.
“You put so much trust in someone that you meet from church,” she said. “How could he do this – take advantage of two children?”
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