A son of a Brooklyn pastor has been charged with sexually abusing a young relative inside the church for years, starting when she was just 9 years old, according to a criminal complaint.
Mathew Gibson, whose father Ben T. Gibson is the head of Progressive Baptist Church in Brownsville, is accused of raping the little girl between 2013 and 2017 when she visited on the weekends, police sources said.
The sickening abuse allegedly began just after the victim’s mother died, according to law-enforcement sources.
For years, the girl, now 14, kept quiet about what was happening — but recently told her brother, who is her legal guardian, sources said. He immediately went to police.
Gibson, 44, was arrested last Thursday around 5:50 p.m. at an East New York homeless shelter at Forbell Street and Conduit Boulevard where he’d been living.
It’s unclear what, if any, role Gibson had at his father’s church. His occupation on police records is listed as “none.”
The teen told police that Gibson would abuse her in various rooms inside the church, police sources said.
Gibson is charged with sexual abuse of a child, incest and child endangerment. He is being held on $10,000 bail with another court date on Tuesday.
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Mathew Gibson, whose father Ben T. Gibson is the head of Progressive Baptist Church in Brownsville, is accused of raping the little girl between 2013 and 2017 when she visited on the weekends, police sources said.
The sickening abuse allegedly began just after the victim’s mother died, according to law-enforcement sources.
For years, the girl, now 14, kept quiet about what was happening — but recently told her brother, who is her legal guardian, sources said. He immediately went to police.
Gibson, 44, was arrested last Thursday around 5:50 p.m. at an East New York homeless shelter at Forbell Street and Conduit Boulevard where he’d been living.
It’s unclear what, if any, role Gibson had at his father’s church. His occupation on police records is listed as “none.”
The teen told police that Gibson would abuse her in various rooms inside the church, police sources said.
Gibson is charged with sexual abuse of a child, incest and child endangerment. He is being held on $10,000 bail with another court date on Tuesday.
Full Article:
https://nypost.com/2019/01/14/brooklyn-pastors-son-accused-of-raping-9-year-old-relative-at-church/
