Mesquite youth pastor, former teacher's aide accused of sexually assaulting several children

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Mesquite youth pastor, former teacher's aide accused of sexually assaulting several children
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Mesquite police are investigating multiple allegations of child sexual abuse against a youth pastor who also worked for Mesquite ISD and the city’s after-school program. So far, four victims have come forward. Some of the victims are as young as 5 and 6 years old.

A Mesquite youth pastor is in the Dallas County jail accused of sexually assaulting several children.

Rocky Pope at Inspiration Church in Mesquite has known Penny for most of his life and says their church community is struggling to reconcile the child sex assault allegations against him. "We take any of these allegations very seriously. We have procedures and policies in place to help safeguard," Pope said. "We do criminal background checks on all the staff and volunteers on a regular basis. There was nothing in his history related to any of this."

According to court records, a 6-year-old victim told an interviewer with the Dallas County Children’s Advocacy Center about two incidents in 2014 at Penny’s office while he worked for the city of Mesquite’s after-school program.

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