MARRIED PASTOR NO LONGER WORRIED NOW THAT UNDERAGE GIRL HE WAS SCREWING TURNED 18

Youth pastor exulted when girl he was bedding turned 18 and ‘legal’: cops

By Joshua Rhett Miller

New York Post
March 1, 2018

A youth pastor in Colorado had a sexual relationship with a high school senior — and gave the teen a card on her 18th birthday that read, “We’re legal,” according to an arrest affidavit.

Joshua Clemons, a former pastor at Cross Roads Community Church in Parker, was arrested Tuesday by Denver police on suspicion of sexual assault on a child by a person in a position of trust. He also faces two of the same counts in Douglas County, police in Parker told the Denver Post.

While working at the church from 2008 through fall 2015, Clemons allegedly sexually assaulted three victims who were current or former members of its youth program — one of whom was a 17-year-old girl, according to an arrest affidavit obtained by the newspaper.

Clemons, who was then married, knew the girl’s age and allegedly had sex with her at his home in southwest Denver several times between September 2014 and August 2015. On her 18th birthday, Clemons marked the occasion by giving her birthday card that, according to an arrest affidavit, contained the phrase: “We’re legal.”

Clemons continued seeing the teen after she graduated from high school and even visited her at Colorado State University before the relationship ended in late 2017, when she claimed Clemons started “stalking” her and showing up at her new church, KMGH reports.

The teen told police Clemons visited her at Colorado State almost daily and that they continued to regularly have sex. He also told her that he wanted to divorce his wife to be with the teen and, at one point, even forced her to take emergency contraceptive pills to prevent her from getting pregnant, according to the affidavit.

The alleged victim was on a church retreat when she revealed the relationship for the first time to a person who later reported the relationship to authorities because of Clemons’ access to children. Church officials told the station that background checks are completed on all new hires every two years, but promised to review policies in light of the allegations against Clemons.

Investigators are now looking for other possible victims or witnesses to the alleged sexual assaults.