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The Roys Report reports:
The longtime campus pastor of a Christian college ministry at Baylor University has been arrested and charged with sexual abuse of two boys. The crimes allegedly involved convicted sex offender Daniel Savala, who’s at the center of a widening sex scandal involving Chi Alpha Campus Ministries.
On Tuesday, authorities in Waco, Texas, arrested Christopher “Chris” Hundl, 38, the campus pastor of Chi Alpha Christian Fellowship at Baylor University. Hundl was charged with continuous sexual abuse of a young child, a first-degree felony in Texas. He bonded out of McLennan County Jail on Wednesday, paying $50,000.
According to the arrest affidavit, a victim said in a forensic interview that Hundl drove the boys to Savala’s residence in Houston where Savala, 67, “masturbated both children” in his home sauna multiple times. Savala and Hundl directed the two boys to masturbate in saunas at both men’s homes, while the men watched and got erections.
The Baptist News reports:
Chi Alpha is one of 19 registered religious organizations recognized at Baylor. Regulating chartered student organizations has been a hot topic at Baylor in recent years, not because of the threat of child abuse but because of university opposition to allowing a chartered organization for LGBTQ students.
Chi Alpha fits the traditional evangelical conservative model Baylor administrators have welcomed to a university with a strict moral code that says: “Baylor will be guided by the biblical understanding that human sexuality is a gift from God and that physical sexual intimacy is to be expressed in the context of marital fidelity.”
The Waco Herald-Tribune reports:
The Baylor Lariat describes Hundl and his wife, Hosanna, as Chi Alpha missionaries who moved to Waco to start the Baylor ministry. They formerly worked with a Chi Alpha chapter in Corpus Christi, the article states. Several Chi Alpha chapters in Texas are facing allegations relating to the sex offender named in the warrant.
In April, Scheef & Stone LLP, a Frisco law firm representing victims of the sex offender, released a letter addressed to Texas A&M University, Texas State University, the University of Houston, Rice University and the University of Texas which alleges Chi Alpha leadership was aware of the man’s sex offender status and continued to associate with him and direct young men to him for spiritual guidance.
Hundl and his wife have resigned as campus pastors and the church where he was lead pastor has taken down their website.
Chris Hundl, pastor of a Christian campus ministry at @Baylor Univ., has been arrested & charged with sexual abuse of 2 boys
The alleged crimes involved sex offender Daniel Savala, part of a widening sex scandal centered on @ChiAlphaUSA Campus Ministrieshttps://t.co/er50NrF95e
— Julie Roys (@reachjulieroys) May 25, 2023