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Five suspended Victor Christian Center employees have entered not guilty pleas to charges of failing to report child abuse in a child sex scandal that is rocking the mega-church to its foundation.

Entering not guilty please to the misdemeanor counts were John Samuel Daugherty, 28, and Charica Dene Daugherty, 27, the son and daughter-in-law of Victory Christian Center Senior Pastor Sharon Daugherty.

In addition to the Daughertys, defendants Anna Alisa George, 24, Paul Howard Willemstein, 32, and Harold Frank Sullivan, 73, entered pleas of not guilty to misdemeanor counts of failing to report child abuse.

It is alleged that the defendants became aware of allegations of child rape at the mega-church and waited from September 16th to September 30th to notify police.

Oklahoma law requires that anyone aware of or having a reasonable belief that child abuse has occurred or is occurring must notify authorities immediately.

Tulsa County District Attorney Tim Harris has indicated that no decision has been made yet as to whether charges will be filed against Victory Christian Center Senior Pastor Sharon Daugherty.

The on-going sex scandal alleges a total of four female victims, ages 12, 13 and 15-years-old.

Chris Denman, 20, is charged with six counts alleging sex crimes against children at the church including a 12-year-old girl, a 13-year-old girl and a 15-year-old girl.

Israel Shalom Castillo, 23, is charged with making a lewd or indecent proposal to a child and using a computer to facilitate a sex crime in a case involving a 15-year-old alleged victim.

Israel Shalom Castillo, 23, a former janitor at Victory Christian Center, has been arrested on allegations of making lewd or indecent proposals to a minor and the use of a computer to facilitate a sex crime.

Israel Shalom Castillo, 23, is charged with making a lewd or indecent proposal to a 15-year-old girl and using a computer to facilitate a sex crime, records show.

The allegations against Castillo were made in the course of a Victory Christian Center internal investigation into the allegations against Denman, police said.

The alleged victim in the case is a 15-year-old female.

Following his arrest and booking, Castillo was reportedly released on bond totaling $70,000.

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Amber Marie Baker, 23, of Glenpool, Oklahoma has been arrested on allegations that she dispersed pepper spray into a car during a disturbance thereby inadvertently spraying two infants, ages 6 months and 1 year old.

The assault victim, her fiancé and their two children, ages 6 months and 1 year, were getting into a car when Baker reportedly approached them about a previous argument, according to Baker’s arrest report.

After a scuffle between the victim and Baker, Baker dispersed pepper spray into the car, “inadvertently” spraying the two children, the arresting officer wrote. The mother used her cell phone to record the assault.

Baker, who is charged with assault with a dangerous weapon, was released on $10,000 bond following her arrest by Glenpool Police.

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Matthew Charles Oeth, 26, and Angelica Renee Dudley, 26, both of Tulsa have been arrested in a case involving child abuse and permitting child abuse.

Court records indicate that Oeth is charged with three counts of child abuse by injury with bond set at $150,000.

Court records indicate that Dudley is charged with one count of permitting child abuse by injury with her bond set at $50,000.

Both Oeth and Dudley are being held in the Tulsa jail in lieu of bond.

Matthew Charles Oeth, 26, was charged with three counts of child abuse by injury. Tulsa County District Court documents show one count each of alleged abuse of three different children, ages 3, 4, and 6.

Angelica Renee Dudley, 26, was charged with one count of permitting child abuse by injury, the court documents say, for allowing Oeth “to have access to the children when she knew or reasonably should have known that she was putting the children at risk of harm.”

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Reportedly, Cory Minko Miller, 26, and Kristen Swatzell, 22, have pleaded guilty to charges of child neglect.

Police asserted that Kristen Swatzell and Cody Minko Miller neglected their children by letting them live in an unsafe and unsanitary home and by not seeking medical attention for burns on two of the children.

A 4-year-old girl had severe burns on her face and head, and parts of her scalp were missing. A 3-year-old boy had “suspicious burns on his hand and face,” an investigator’s affidavit states.

Court records indicate that Miller pleaded guilty to four counts of child neglect and was sentenced to five years in prison.

Court records for Kristen Swatzell indicate that she pleaded guilty to three counts of child neglect and that one count of the same charge was dismissed. Her sentencing is set for October 22nd.

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Chris Denman, 19, of Tulsa, a former employee of Victory Christian Center, has reportedly been arrested on allegations of the rape of a 13-year-old female in a stairwell at the church.

Reportedly, Denman is facing charges of 1st degree rape of a minor and forcible sodomy of a minor.

The girl told investigators the rape occurred Aug. 13 in a stairwell inside the church near the band room.

The victim’s mother says the church didn’t notify her about the incident until Aug. 30, 17 days after it occurred. She said the church conducted its own investigation before telling her anything.

Denman, reportedly a custodian at the church camp, has been fired.

Bond for Denman was set at $100,000 and he was being held in the Tulsa jail.

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