UPDATE:: Acton Bowen receives 1,008 years for sex crimes
A once prominent Alabama youth evangelist on Friday received the maximum sentences after pleading guilty in Etowah County to 28 sex offenses committed against boys, ages 12 to 16, whom he encountered through his ministry.
Acton Bowen’s consecutive sentences total 1,008 years, and maximum monetary fines of $840,000 were imposed.
UPDATE:: Alabama evangelist Acton Bowen pleads guilty to 28 sex crimes
An Alabama evangelist pleaded guilty this morning in an Etowah County courtroom to 28 counts of sexual abuse involving six victims.
Paul Acton Bowen, charged in both Jefferson County and Etowah counties, was facing criminal charges, including enticing a child for sexual act, sodomy, traveling to meet a child for sexual act and sexual abuse involving six different victims between the ages of 13 and 16.
UPDATE:: Acton Bowen facing new sex charge in Bay County, Florida
The list of sexual abuse accusations against evangelist Acton Bowen has crossed state lines. Bowen was charged with lewd or lascivious battery in Bay County, Florida according to the local sheriff's office.
The charge was filed on May 23rd. According to Florida state law, a person commits lewd or lascivious battery by engaging in sexual activity with a person 12 years of age or older but less than 16 years of age or encouraging, forcing, or enticing any person less than 16 years of age to engage in sexual activity.
The news confirmed statements made in court by prosecutors back in April. "Many more charges" were expected to be filed against Acton Bowen said Etowah County Deputy District Attorney Carol Griffith at the time.
UPDATE:: Etowah judges step aside in child sex, divorce cases against evangelistA well-known Alabama evangelist, public speaker and author was arrested in Hoover Tuesday on child sex charges.
Five Etowah County judges have recused themselves in the child sex abuse cases filed against evangelist Acton Bowen, who now faces allegations by a total of five teen boys in two counties.
Bowen's attorneys - Richard Jaffe and Michael Whisonant - requested the recusals since Bowen's estranged wife, Ashley Nabors Bowen, is the daughter of Etowah Count District Judge Joe Nabors.
Paul Edward Acton Bowen, a 37-year-old Gadsden native who now lives in Etowah County's Southside community, was taken into custody by Hoover police about 12:35 p.m. The founder of Acton Bowen Outreach Ministries is charged with second-degree sodomy, enticing a child to enter a vehicle or house for immoral purposes, and second-degree sex abuse. The victim was a young male, but police did not release his age except to say he is over 12 and under 16.
Hoover police Capt. Gregg Rector said the department's Special Victim's Unit first launched an investigation three weeks ago. The Jefferson County District Attorney's Office issued the warrants on Monday.
Alabama evangelist Acton Bowen jailed in Hoover on child sex charges involving young boy | AL.com
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