John David Helmuth, 44, of Pelzer was arrested on Tuesday in connection with the incident and charged with 10 counts of criminal solicitation of a minor and one count of attempted criminal sexual conduct with a minor.
Helmuth reportedly made contact with the undercover officer beginning on June 23rd and after chatting back and forth for some time, Helmuth arranged to meet "her" at a local park so that he could "kiss, hold, touch (her) all over and have sex."
Awwww, isn't that sweet boys and girls? How nice. That good ol' Reverend Helmuth there for ya.
Anyway, the so-called pastor was arrested by police after he arrived (of course) at the park.
According to WFFY4, Helmuth was the associate pastor at Tabernacle of Faith in Piedmont and also lead singer of a Christian group called "Elias".
Bond was set at $100,000.
Thanks to a tipster for the above MySpace profiles and original article.
what a freak. i have no problem with the article above, where the cute 19 year old girl pleasured two 12 year old boys, but this man should not try to destroy the innocence of a 13 year old girl. Wait until she's 18, pal.
ReplyDeleteJohn Helmuth was a frequent entertainer at my church, and I have known him since I was a young girl. I am absolutely appalled to see this story. It's sad to see what the world is coming to.
ReplyDeletealright look. we all make mistakes. and happened too make one. okaa. my name is shailene fox, and i am dating his son samuel helmuth. i think yall should lay low bc he has suffered enough.! evenn tho we all make mistakes god says to foggive and forget. he also says to treat youu brothers as thy self. dont this mean anything to yall. if people would analize what god says too do in a crisis like this, then youu all would be ashamed to write mean stuff. the world is cominng to an end where jesus comes bakk. this isnt even the begining. but do remember YOUU WILL REEP WHAT YOUU SOW
ReplyDeleteI guess this dude never watched that show on tv about the internet stings! What a big ole stupid dummy! I hope he didn't hurt anyone in real world. When I heard this I said to myself NFW! But with all the counts against him I guess FW!
ReplyDeleteGod is really gonna deal w/this guy. And, I hate the fact that he has the SAME NAME as my brother
ReplyDeleteMy brother would take him to the park and beat his a ** just for that!
Mr Helmuth is not alone in his pedaphile actions.
ReplyDeleteSomeone needs to look into and ask his wife Brenda how many of their children are actually by a minor she molested for 3 years starting at the age of 12.
He was my pastor. I have known him since I was 4. I can't imagine him doing this. His children probably cried :( I hung out with his kids. Its amazing how someone can change so quickly once backs are turned.
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