Other Homicides & Attempts – all years
These are just a few of the killing incidents we have identified. Most entries on these pages only contain arrests, charges, or indictments, which may eventually be reduced, dropped, or expunged, and as such, these actors may in fact be innocent in a court of law. These are just a few of the murders, attempted murders, and justifiable homicides we have identified. There are many more to be uploaded, so please check back.
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Negligent Homicide
- Faith Tabernacle Church, Berk County, PA. Jonathan and Grace Ann Foster convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the death of their daughter Ella Grace Foster, age 2. They “did not believe in seeking medical treatment.” Parents convicted after they wanted God, not doctors, to heal dying 2-year-old daughter. 2016.
- Unidentified church, Bedford-Stuyvesant, NY. Wayne Stokeling (pastor) was arrested for not staying on the scene of a fatal car crash. Bed-Stuy pastor arrested in connection with fatal hit-and-run. 2012.
- First Century Gospel Church, Philadelphia, PA. Herbert Schaible (faith-healing pastor) arrested for failing to seek medical help for dying toddler who died of pneumonia. Charged with negligent homicide (convicted of involuntary manslaughter). Pa. couple who only prayed for dying tot convicted. 2009.
Attempted Murder
2023 – Matthew Lee Richards (youth pastor) was charged with setting a house on fire in an attempt to kill his wife and children whom he also had stabbed. Crossroads Christian Church, Shawnee, KS. Shawnee church provides statement after youth pastor was charged in house fire.
2019 – Do You Believe Outreach Ministry, Memphis, TN. Norman Hudson (pastor) charged with stabbing one of his neighbors in the neck. His criminal history began as early as 1990 with serious criminal charges. Memphis pastor accused of raping, pouring insecticides down neighbor’s throat.
2017 – Union Baptist Church, Chester, SC. Robert Worthy Senior (assistant pastor) arrested on “two counts attempted murder and one count of possession of a weapon during a violent crime.” Allegedly shot his estranged wife inside a Christian bookstore in Chester, SC. 1) Man charged with attempted murder after shooting in Chester Christian bookstore. 2) Jury finds Chester pastor guilty after wife, mother-in-law shot at Christian store.
2013 – Eddie Mallonee (pastor) arrested for conspiracy to murder his wife. Tennesee: Former Baptist pastor arrested.
2011 – Unity in Prayer Ministry, B.C., Shreveport, LA. Willie Guiden (pastor) killed his wife inside their home. Shreveport pastor, wife dead in apparent murder-suicide.
2009 – Salvation Army Church, Greenwood, IN. Jonathan James Hartman (youth pastor) arrested for child sexual assault of three young girls. The offender is also alleged to have “hatched the plot in a jail cell, and planned to have up to 13 people murdered.” One of the females was impregnated. Prosecutor: Former youth pastor tried to hire hit man to kill witnesses.
2003 – First Presbyterian Church, Auburndale, FL. Bruce Whitney (former pastor) arrested for attempted murder of his wife. It is alleged he struck her with a patio block and then choked her. Minister faces attempted murder charges.
1992 – Chapel of Change (current church), Paramount, CA. Brian Warth (pastor) formerly convicted of killing Francisco Luna Jr. “Members of the Carson family also are still angry with Warth, whom they say has used the death of their son, brother, cousin and uncle to profit a ministry.” From murder to ministry, reformed Long Beach pastor preaches redemption.
1987 – Immanuel Presbyterian Church, Los Angeles, CA. Walker Railey (former minister) was indicted charging him with strangling his wife nearly to death. Pastor arrested for attempted murder. San Angelo Standard-Times, 26-Aug-1992, p. 16.
Murder for Hire
2020 – Unidentified church. Downington, PA. Jacob Matthew Malone (former youth pastor) was charged with trying to hire someone to kill his former pastor where he had served at Calvary Fellowship. This was a failed murder-for-hire incident. Jailed Pennsylvania ex-pastor arrested in alleged murder-for-hire plot.
2019 – Calvary Fellowship, Chester County, PA. Attempted murder-for-hire. Jacob M. Malone (youth pastor) was arrested and charged with attempting to solicit murder of his senior pastor and a and a court judge. Pastor got teen pregnant, then ordered hit on colleague who reported him, police say.
2018 – Harvest Bible Chapel, IL. James McDonald (pastor) is being investigated for attempting to hire a hit man. Megachurch founder James MacDonald allegedly sought murder for hire, police investigating.
2016 – Unidentified church. Stephen Allwine (preacher) on trial for allegedly hiring a hitman with bitcoin to kill his wife. Preacher who cheated using Ashley Madison, tried hiring hit man on dark web in bid to murder wife, cops say.
2015 – Harvest Bible Chapel, IL. James McDonald (pastor) is being investigated for attempting to hire someone to kill his former son-in-law. Megachurch founder James MacDonald allegedly sought murder for hire, police investigating.
2012 – Ministerios Manantial de Vida church, near San Benito, TX. Julio Cesar Perez (pastor) pleaded guilty to hiring a hitman from within his church to shoot his wife. 1) Pastor sentenced 45 years in prison for wife’s murder. 2) ‘Someone in the way’: Pastor arrested for hiring hit men to murder his wife – and recruited them from within his own church.
2009 – Arch Diocease of Baltimore; Greater Faith Tabernacle Church of Deliverance, Baltimore, MD. Kevin Jerome Pushia (pastor) arrested for paying hitman to kill a homeless man of whom he had taken out insurance on. City pastor charged with having man killed for life insurance.
Serial Killers
- Tom Bird, Lutheran pastor
- Dennis Lynn Rader, deacon
- Samuel L. Smithers, deacon