CNN —Five members of Jehovah’s Witnesses congregations were charged with child sexual abuse by the Pennsylvania’s attorney general on Friday, following a yearslong investigation into allegations of sexual abuse in the religious community.
The defendants and victims were all part of Jehovah’s Witnesses congregations at the time of the alleged abuse.
Balosa, from Philadelphia, has been charged with indecent assault, aggravated indecent assault, and corruption of minors, according to a criminal docket filed in Philadelphia County.
He allegedly engaged in inappropriate sexual conversations with a 16-year-old boy he was mentoring within the Jehovah’s Witnesses congregation.
In October, the Pennsylvania’s attorney general charged four other members of Jehovah’s Witnesses congregations with child sexual abuse, according to a news release.
Persons:
Michelle Henry, David Balosa, Errol William Hall, Shaun Sheffer, Terry Booth, Luis Manuel Ayala, Velasquez, ” Henry, Sheffer “, ”, Benjamin Steinberg, dockets, general’s, Balosa, Hall, Sheffer, Booth, Ayala, “
Organizations:
CNN, Northampton counties
Locations:
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia , Delaware, Butler, Allegheny, Northampton, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Delaware County, Butler County