Sheriff: Former priest, current pastor among suspects accused of sex acts in Volusia parks

DAYTONA BEACH (FL)
Click Orlando

August 24, 2018

By Emilee Speck

More than 75 sex acts caught on camera since May, Chitwood says

Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood didn’t hide his disgust Friday after the arrest of eight men caught performing sex acts at two public parts in the county, including a local pastor and a former Catholic priest.

“It’s out of control,” he said of the repeated acts happening in Doris Leeper Spruce Creek Preserve and Sleepy Hollow Park.

After receiving complaints in May about men having sex in the two parks, Chitwood said his deputies set up cameras around the park, which captured more than 75 sex acts happening in the parks between May and August.

Deputies then conducted a two-day undercover operation this week during which Chitwood said some of the undercover deputies were propositioned walking on the trials at the parks and witnesses the sexual acts for themselves.

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