Colorado Youth Pastor Arrested On Child Sex Charges

The New Jersey Advance reports:

A Jersey City pastor who resigned in June has been charged with sexually assaulting two children while he was working as a youth pastor at an embattled Colorado church over two decades ago. Robert Anthony “Tony” Langston, 60, who served as lead pastor at Tapestry Church in Jersey City, is accused of assaulting two members of Landmark Tabernacle in Denver. At least one incident occurred in 1998, and both victims were under the age of 15.

Langston is accused of molesting a 14-year-old member of Landmark Tabernacle–Denver as part of a pattern of abuse that started in Denver and continued after he left the church. The victim, who had an abusive situation at home, was groomed by Langston, according to Carolyn Hoyt, a close friend of the victim and a former member of Landmark Tabernacle–Denver. The victim accompanied Langston and his wife as they evangelized across the U.S. and eventually settled in Jersey City, Hoyt said.

Hoyt told NJ Advance Media the victim was “very scared” to report the abuse because “the church is very anti-homosexuality.” In 2005, Langston was charged by the 9th District Court in Montgomery County, Texas with second-degree indecency with a child sexual contact. However, the charge was later dismissed, online court records show.

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Just saw your post- I’ve been covering this. Anthony Langston was charged in Texas in 2005. See https://t.co/rCAVSBOOCt & other posts there for details about him.

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