UPDATE:: Arizona police report alleges continued sexual misconduct by former Modesto pastorA youth pastor fondled three more young women in Arizona after a prominent Modesto church quietly let him go for having sex with other girls, all three told The Modesto Bee on Monday in new allegations.
A Modesto youth pastor accused of sexual abuse in his church here decades ago continued to prey on young women after moving to Arizona, a Scottsdale police report issued this week alleges.
The 100-page report compiled by Scottsdale Police Detective Tara Ford contains interviews with more than a dozen victims and witnesses who described sexually predatory behavior, including full-body massages, by Les Hughey during his time as a high school youth pastor at Scottsdale Bible Church in the mid to late 1980s.
The report was submitted to the Maricopa County Attorney several weeks ago for consideration of charges against Hughey, said Scottsdale Police Sgt. Ben Hoster. The county attorney’s office did not return calls for comment about what charges Hughey could face.
The investigation began last April after The Bee broke the story about Hughey’s alleged sexual misconduct during the time that he worked as a youth pastor at a popular church in Modesto.
Scottsdale police conferred with Modesto police on the investigation, but no reports were filed here.
Les Hughey was placed on leave Sunday while the Arizona megachurch he founded 20 years ago launched an independent investigation, church elders said Monday. The action came in the wake of a Modesto Bee report that Hughey had sex with young women when he was a married youth pastor here in the 1970s.
First Baptist covered up Hughey's sexual sins and transferred him to another congregation in Sonora, multiple victims alleged on Monday. Following his time in Modesto, he later went to Arkansas and Arizona.
Former Modesto pastor on leave as more victims come forward with sexual allegations | The Modesto Bee
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