Milton Martin, 56, of First Pentecostal Church of Chalmette, accused of abuse of girl, now 28, who was member of congregation
have charged a Pentecostal pastor with sexually molesting a teenage girl who was a member of his church.
The case which resulted in Martin’s arrest is unrelated to the decades-old clergy abuse crisis that drove the Roman Catholic archdiocese of New Orleans intoScott Rodrigue, the state police detective who helped obtain the indictment against Martin, also investigated the retired New Orleans Catholic priest, who years ago secretly admitted to church leaders that he sexually molested or harassed numerous children.
But a pending civil lawsuit that the accuser filed against Martin in August provides more details on the accusations. The lawsuit alleged Martin, the pastor of First Pentecostal Church of Chalmette, would take her out on four-wheeler rides and force her into sexual acts on breaks taken during the excursions.state police before he was arrested in March.
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