Kerry Martin
Claims to fame: Pastor of Temecula Valley Baptist Church (California); child rapist; and — yes! — another Hyles Anderson graduate
Moral apex: Raped a 14-year-old girl in his office at the Temecula Valley (CA) Baptist Church, in July, 1997.
What’s worse: That 14-year-old was (probably) not the only victim.
How his cover was blown: A cleaning crew walked in on him “kissing, groping and sexually assaulting” the girl — bringing to an end some 20 months of abusing the teenager.
Proof that sex offenders are incurable — and incurably stupid: According to the Riverside Press-Enterprise, “While awaiting trial, the pastor was arrested for soliciting an undercover police officer for oral sex on University Avenue in Riverside.”
Where he is now: Off the streets and rotting away in prison, thank God. Convicted of “20 counts each of lewd and lascivious behavior and five counts each of rape and statutory rape,” the slimeball was sentenced to more than 205 years.
Suggest you also read: The story of the victim, “Becky J.,” in her own words.
Suggested Bible reading for Mr. Martin:
But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.— Genesis 2:17
Suggested Bible reading for Mrs. Kristal Martin:
His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.— Isaiah 56:10
