UPDATE::Former Minister Sentenced for Child Sex Abuse | WNEP.com

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A former minister from Wayne County who sexually abused a boy for years is going to state prison.

Shortly after a judge sentenced Normax Faux to up to 15 years in prison, Faux said he is sorry for sexually abusing a boy for roughly a decade while he was pastor of the Lake Ariel United Methodist Church. The abuse started when the boy was 9 years old.

“The heinous acts that he’s committed, he needs to be incarcerated so that others can be protected,” said Reverend Marian Hartman.
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“He perverted his role as a clergyman. He is a despicable fella and one of the most manipulative defendants I’ve ever dealt with,” said First Assistant Wayne County District Attorney Pat Robinson.

Not only did prosecutors say Faux got his victim hooked on drugs in return for sex, but said the former minister was HIV positive while he sexually abused the boy.

Former Minister Sentenced for Child Sex Abuse | WNEP.com

Ex-pastor arrested after woman accidentally uncovers boyfriend’s 10-year history of abuse

The Scranton Times-Tribune reported that Norman T. Faux, 54, former pastor of Lake Ariel and Centenary United Methodist churches is in custody after a woman found a lewd text message from Faux to her boyfriend on the boyfriend’s phone.

The woman told her mother about the message, who in turn urged the now 19-year-old victim to report the long-term sexual abuse, which began in 2004 and continued until a few weeks ago.

On Friday, the victim gave testimony to officials at Wayne County Children and Youth Services, saying that when he was 11 years old, Faux would play him pornographic videos while the minister performed oral sex on him. These encounters happened more frequently than he could count, said the young man.

Faux is currently being held at the Wayne County Correctional Center and was unable to make the $150,000 bail. On Wednesday, he asked for a formal preliminary hearing and appeared in Wayne County Central Court.

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Faux was tried in a Methodist Church trial in 2011 on accusations of sexual contact with a minor parishioner. He went before the Scranton District of the Susquehanna Conference of the United Methodist Church and voluntarily surrendered his church credentials.

Ex-pastor arrested after woman accidentally uncovers boyfriend’s 10-year history of abuse