A Canadian pastor and his wife are facing more than two dozen charges Wednesday after being accused of sexual assault. The pastor, 34-year-old Samuel Emerson, and his wife, Madelaine Emerson, 37, allegedly assaulted people from 2015 until 2017, CBC News reported. Samuel was a pastor in Surrey, British Columbia, at the non-denominational Cloverdale Christian Fellowship Church, according to the BBC. ALABAMA PASTOR, WIFE ARRESTED AFTER BRINGING INFANT TO BAR, CHARGED WITH BEING DRUNKThe pastor was charged with 13 counts of sexual assault, 11 counts of being in a position of authority and touching a person for a sexual purpose and one count of sexual touching of a person under the age of 16. Madelaine faces one charge of sexual assault, being in a position of authority and touching a person for a sexual purpose, and threats to cause death or bodily harm.

Source: Fox News October 04, 2017 22:38 UTC