Rapist Pastor misused $12,000 in grants, state audit finds (Living Word of God Ministries, Illinois)

[Ian David]

Pastor misused $12,000 in grants, state audit finds
By Niki Kelly
The Journal Gazette

INDIANAPOLIS – A local clergyman misdirected more than $12,000 worth of money from a state-funded social service program, according to a State Board of Accounts audit released Friday.

Pastor Jesse M. Beasley III, of 3404 Congress Ave., has been asked to reimburse the money to the state.

Beasley – through the Living Word of God Ministries – was one of 45 organizations tapped in 2002 to offer individual development accounts.

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The audit also found a conflict of interest in that Beasley authorized withdrawals from the program to be paid to Breaking Ground Landscaping in the amount of $10,075. According to the report, the landscaping company is a for-profit corporation registered with the Indiana secretary of state under Jesse Beasley, 3404 Congress Ave.

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In Allen Superior Court, Beasley was initially charged in May 1985 with rape and criminal deviate conduct, accused of sexually assaulting an acquaintance. However, he later pleaded guilty to the amended charge of battery and was ordered to serve two years of an eight-year sentence.

More:
http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/fortwayne/news/local/17183653.htm



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District Overseer Jesse M Beasley III
Living Word of God Ministry
704 W Pontiac St
Fort Wayne, IN 46803
[phone] Fax:

More:
http://www.fullgospelbaptist.org/html/choose_tier.jsp?tid=7

[Christa]

1. The devil made him do it

Valid excuse ;)

[papau]

2. 1985 rape offense as a plain drunk with no church or belief -serves time, becomes prison chaplin and

pays himself 10,000 to mow the Church lawn via a state government grant that says he has to pay someone not related to himself to do the job - and he is told to repay the money.

And from this the paper headlines:

Rapist "Pastor misused $12,000 in grants, state audit finds"

to which IanDB1 adds "Rapist" to get

"Rapist Pastor misused $12,000 in grants, state audit finds"

clever - neat way to imply a pastor raped someone while a pastor.

[live love laugh]

4. I'll say. Thisis all very misleading hyperbole IMHO. n/t

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

3. Why do you say "Illinois"

when what you posted indicates he is from Indiana?