The Black Collar Crime Series relies on public news stories and publicly available information for its content. If any incorrect information is found, please contact Bruce Gerencser. Nothing in this post should be construed as an accusation of guilt. Those accused of crimes are innocent until proven guilty.
Stanley Jay, pastor of Worship Life Center Church in Mesa, Arizona, stands accused of sexually molesting a church teen.
Police are asking the public for more info after an East Valley pastor was arrested for multiple sex crimes against a teenage girl who is a member of his congregation.
Stanley Jay, 61, who is the pastor at Worship Life Center Church in Mesa, was arrested on multiple charges last week.
Jay is accused of the crimes against a 16-year-old girl. Police say the girl and her mother are active members of the church.
Among the charges Jay faces includes sexual conduct with a minor, molestation of a child, luring a minor for sexual exploitation, and sexual abuse.
Police say they discovered text messages between Jay and the victim where he asked her for sexually explicit photographs.
Jay is also accused of making inappropriate remarks to the girl, along with sexual abusing and molesting her.
He is currently being held on a $200,000 bond.
Bruce Gerencser, 68, lives in rural Northwest Ohio with his wife of 47 years. He and his wife have six grown children and sixteen grandchildren. Bruce pastored Evangelical churches for twenty-five years in Ohio, Texas, and Michigan. Bruce left the ministry in 2005, and in 2008 he left Christianity. Bruce is now a humanist and an atheist.
Your comments are welcome and appreciated. All first-time comments are moderated. Please read the commenting rules before commenting.
You can email Bruce via the Contact Form.
