Former pastor, NAMB trustee, accused of fleecing flock
A former Southern Baptist pastor in Missouri has been indicted on charges of using his position to defraud church members into loaning him money that he did not repay.
According to St. Louis media, a four-count federal indictment for mail fraud accuses Danny O'Guin, former pastor of Parker Road Baptist Church in Florissant, Mo., of using false pretenses to convince elderly church members to loan him money that he told them was to repair residences he owned out of the state.
He allegedly told the parishioners to "keep quiet" about the loans. When church members inquired about his failure to repay the loans, the indictment alleges, he would borrow money from other church members to pay the debt. Other alleged schemes include writing letters promising that payment was forthcoming and sending checks with "mistakes" on them....