Ana Almeida, 31, of Milford, was a pastor at Plenitude of God church on Main Street.
She is charged with statutory rape and four counts of indecent assault and battery on a 14-year-old child.
Police say the victim told them the abuse occurred over a period of two years at Almeida's home.
Almeida is now under house arrest.
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Pastor accused of child rape ruled with an iron hand
Allegations shatter small congregation in South Kitsap
By CLAUDIA ROWE
P-I REPORTER
PORT ORCHARD -- Church leaders in South Kitsap County are a genial group. Despite theological differences, they meet monthly for lunch, hobnobbing about charity events or ways to improve their ministry. Over the years, they occasionally extended invitations to Pastor Robbin Leeroy Harper, asking him to join their circle. But the mild-looking church leader rebuffed every overture.
Pastor Robb, as he is known to adherents, led a congregation of 60, who met several times a week on the quiet, rural road where Harper had founded The Church. There, in a gated compound, he preached a non-denominational -- though strict -- interpretation of the Bible and kept largely to himself.
Many in South Kitsap believe they now know why.
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Eight days ago, Harper was charged with multiple counts of child rape stretching back at least to 1994, after five young women -- all of them one-time members of the congregation -- accused the married father of four of years of segxwal abuse within the church compound.
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Pastor arrested for molestation rape and segxwal abuse of 5 children.
Tuesday, 02 September 2008 11:46 Andre
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Lawsuit filed against muncie pastor for molestation rape and segxwal abuse of 5 children from one Delaware family.
The lawsuit filed by a couple and their 5 children against Pastor Matthew Kidd, Freedom Point Apostolic Church, the national and state organizations of the United Pentecostal Church. and Ontario Systems, where the preacher works.
The lawsuit alleges that the muncie clergyman molested segxwally abused or raped all five of the couples children at various times and locations up until december of 2006, when the family broke the cycle of abuse by leaving the church.
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