Pastor held in sex assault. His arrest follows a boy's report of being molested in library restroom

[Ian David]

By Ryan Lillis - Bee Staff Writer

Published 2:00 am PDT Sunday, March 11, 2007
Story appeared in METRO section, Page B1

The pastor of a small south Sacramento church has been arrested in connection with the sexual assault of a 13-year-old boy inside the restroom of a Meadowview library, Sacramento police said Saturday.

Frederick Dew, the 34-year-old pastor of the Praise Tabernacle church on 44th Street, was taken into custody Friday evening, according to Sacramento police Sgt. Matthew Young.

According to police, the boy was assaulted inside the rest- room of the Martin Luther King Jr. Library on 24th Street at 4:38 p.m. Thursday.

The victim escaped and immediately reported the alleged attack to library officials, police said.

Investigators do not believe the boy knew his alleged attacker, Young said.

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The New Direction Christian Center, which is in the process of changing its name from Greater St. Stephen, conducts services Sundays but also has a day care center for 142 children open Monday through Friday. Dew's church is adjacent to the day care center and New Direction's administrative offices.

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See also:

Congregation Supports Embattled Pastor

Members of a south Sacramento church are defending their pastor who was arrested Friday on charges of child molestation.

To many members of Praise Tabernacle church on 44th Street, pastor Frederick Dew remains a man of God, despite his brush with the law.

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"He's a man of God. The devil has tricks. We believe God's report, not that of the news media," said one church member, who did not want to be identified.

Others, including members of other congregations in the same office park, did not have praise for the pastor.

"It's horrible, a black eye for the church community," said Leon Gibson with nearby New Directions Church.

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[meegbear]

1. He's a man of God. The devil has tricks ...

but Bill Clinton is going to hell and Newt Gingrich is a pious man. :puke:

[Graybeard]

2. Who are you going to believe, God or your lying eyes?

..."We believe God's report..." Is that a weekly or daily report?

[NashVegas]

3. I'm Sure He Was Only Trying to Pass a Blessing

from the Holy Font.