A North Carolina man who is pastor of a small-town Baptist church and principal of its private academy is facing more than a dozen sex-related charges involving a minor, says the Rockingham County Sheriff’s Office.
Kevin “Scott” Heffner, 48, is being held in the Rockingham County Jail under a $1 million bond, said a sheriff’s office press release.
He is charged with 12 counts of disseminating obscene materials and two counts of statutory sex offense, the release said. He was arrested at 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, according to the release.
Investigators said Heffner allegedly sent “photographs of his genitalia” to someone age 15 or younger between June 15 and August 29, reported TV station WGHP.
“This investigation is ongoing. Information about the minor involved is not being released,” said a statement issued by the sheriff’s office.”
Heffner, who lives in Pelham, is pastor of Victory Baptist Church in Ruffin and principal of the church’s Victory Baptist Academy, sheriff’s office officials said.
The latter is a private Christian school of about 20 students, that is listed as being at the same address as the church on Oregon Hill Road, according to GreatSchools.org. It covers grades 3-12, says Private School Review.
Ruffin is an unincorporated community of about 400 people, according to SuburbanStats.org. It is about 32 miles northeast of Greensboro, near the Virginia state line.
A Sept. 9 court date was set for Heffner, the sheriff’s office said.
Daily Luther Sermon Quote - Trinity 3 - "Christ is both the shepherd and
the woman; for he has lighted the lamp, that is, the Gospel, and he goes
about in the desert, that is, the world. He sweeps the house, and seeks the
lost sheep and lost piece of silver, when he comes with his Word and
proclaims to us, first our sins, and then his grace and mercy. Christ’s
declaration, that he is the shepherd and has laid our sins upon his back or
shoulders, makes us trust in him fully, and makes publicans and other
sinners run after him. These would not have come unto him thus, had they
regarded him as a hard and wrathful judge; for they had previously
acknowledged themselves to be sinners and in need of his grace."
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*Tom Fisher's lambs*
Luther's Sermons - Luke 15:1-10.
Third Sunday after Trinity
Then Samuel, among other things, said unto them: “Far be it from me ...
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