VA Youth Pastor Arrested On 19 Child Sex Charges

The Roys Report reports:

A pastor who led a “generation of youth” in Virginia has been charged with 19 counts of sexual abuse, including 10 counts of forcible sodomy and eight counts of indecent liberties with a child while in a custodial role.

David Lawrence Schneider, of Farnham, Virginia was also charged on Aug. 9 with aggravated sexual battery, according to a press release by the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office in Warsaw. Schneider has been lead pastor of Fairport Baptist Church in Reedville, Virginia, since October 2022.

Schneider attended Liberty University, studied youth ministry, and worked at the YMCA in Lynchburg, according to an ordination sermon preached on Jan. 15, 2023, at the church in Reedville.

Read the full article. He’s being held without bond.

A pastor who led a “generation of youth” has been charged w/ 19 counts of sexual abuse, including 10 counts of forcible sodomy.

David Schneider, pastor of Fairport Baptist Church since 2022, had prev. ministered in other Baptist churches incl as youth ldrhttps://t.co/X9EOlKFpnQ

— Julie Roys (@reachjulieroys) August 10, 2024