Texas dad accuses ministry groups, fraternity of sexual abuse
A College Station father is suing several ministry groups and a prominent fraternity, accusing them of allowing the sexual abuse of his then 13-year-old son.
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A College Station father is suing several ministry groups and a prominent fraternity, accusing them of allowing the sexual abuse of his then 13-year-old son.
Content warning: This article contains graphic details regarding sexual assault, sexual abuse of minors, and should be read with discretion. Chi Alpha World Fellowship is an organization focused on bringing “students together into a spiritually nurturing environment.” It was founded in 2016, and its associated church, Mountain Valley Fellowship, was founded in March 2017 by...
The lawsuit filed by the teen’s dad says these groups allowed a convicted sex offender to work with minors.
Some seven months after Daniel Savala, an itinerant minister and convicted sex offender with ties to the Chi Alpha Campus Ministries sponsored by the Assemblies of God, was arrested for sexually abusing two boys, a Texas father has filed a lawsuit accusing the nation’s largest Pentecostal denomination of negligence that allowed his 13-year-old son to be abused by multiple men.
The suit names five others who are alleged to have participated in or known about abuse by Savala and others within Chi Alpha and Mountain Valley Fellowship.