Indiana Pastor Charged With Molesting Five-Year-Old

Fort Wayne’s ABC affiliate reports:

A recently retired Orland pastor has been arrested on several child molestation charges, court documents say. Rodger Strong, 69, is accused of molesting a 5-year-old girl on five different occasions between Jan. 1, 2024, and May 7, 2024, according to court records.

The victim’s mother alerted police to the abuse on March 5, 2025. As police questioned Strong on March 7, he said he served as a pastor for 40 years, most recently at the Orland Church at the Nazarene, and planned on retiring the following Sunday, documents say.

According to a probable cause affidavit, Strong admitted to the abuse after originally blaming the victim.

The Herald Republican reports:

The Orland Church of the Nazarene is no more. The church has been closed in light of its pastor’s arrest on five counts of child molesting and subsequent removal from the church, said the leader of the District Church of the Nazarene.

Rodger Daily Strong, 69, rural Angola, was arrested on Monday for three Level 1 felony and two Level 4 felony counts of child molesting. If found guilty, Strong faces 20-50 years in prison for the three Level 1 felonies and 2-12 years for the two Level 4 felonies.

If he is sentenced to serve the time consecutively and at the maximum allowed under Indiana law, Strong is looking at up to 174 years in prison.

Bail has been set at $200,000.

Indiana pastor, Rodger Strong, has been arrested for raping multiple children.

The church has closed in lieu of their pastor’s arrest.
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