A 45-year-old children’s church leader and foster parent in Oklahoma was arrested last week on a spate of felonies for allegedly molesting and secretly recording several children placed in his care. Christopher Fourcade, who until recently served as the Director of Children Ministries at the First Christian Church in Norman, Oklahoma, is facing four counts of lewd or indecent acts to a child and two counts of producing/possessing juvenile pornography.
The investigation into Fourcade began late last year when the mother of a child he was fostering contacted authorities and reported that Fourcade had molested her young daughter. The girl had called and texted her mother on Dec. 28, saying that she did not feel safe with Fourcade because he had “put his hands down her underwear and touched her."
A search of Fourcade’s phone reportedly revealed numerous photographs and videos of the victim and other pre-teen girls whom Fourcade had fostered in their underwear and nude.
One of the other girls Fourcade had photographed nude allegedly told investigators that Fourcade had a strategy for getting the foster children to sleep in bed with him.
“[Fourcade] told them there were demons in his house, but not in his room in an apparent attempt to scare them into sleeping with him,” the affidavit reportedly states.
That child also said that Fourcade told the victims to “keep it a secret so they could continue sleeping in his bed.”
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The investigation into Fourcade began late last year when the mother of a child he was fostering contacted authorities and reported that Fourcade had molested her young daughter. The girl had called and texted her mother on Dec. 28, saying that she did not feel safe with Fourcade because he had “put his hands down her underwear and touched her."
A search of Fourcade’s phone reportedly revealed numerous photographs and videos of the victim and other pre-teen girls whom Fourcade had fostered in their underwear and nude.
One of the other girls Fourcade had photographed nude allegedly told investigators that Fourcade had a strategy for getting the foster children to sleep in bed with him.
“[Fourcade] told them there were demons in his house, but not in his room in an apparent attempt to scare them into sleeping with him,” the affidavit reportedly states.
That child also said that Fourcade told the victims to “keep it a secret so they could continue sleeping in his bed.”
Church leader told foster kids there were 'demons in his house, but not in his room' so they would sleep with him: Police
Christopher Fourcade, a children's ministry director and foster parent, allegedly molested and secretly recorded young children in his care.
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