Texas Pastor Timothy Daniel Nall has been arrested and charged with sexual assault of a child. He has previously been accused of similar crimes.
Editor’s note: This article refers to reports of child sex crimes that some readers might find triggering and/or disturbing.
Nall was the pastor of Mt. Pisgah Missionary Baptist Church in Mineola, Texas, at the time of the alleged abuse, according to CBS19. Nall is accused of luring a young child into his office with candy in order to assault the victim.
The incident allegedly occurred in the fall of 2022 at the church. The parents of the victim reported the assault to police after the child spoke about “a bad guy who touches her belly” during counseling sessions.
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The parents of the victim began taking the child to counseling after noticing her exhibit strange behavior. At some point during the counseling sessions, the child identified Nall as her abuser.
The mother later recalled having found her child sitting on Nall’s lap eating candy but had not thought much of it at the time.
The child reported that Nall touched her “all over” and indicated that she feared Nall, saying that he threatened to lock her in his office forever if she told anyone what happened.
Nall was arrested and booked into the Smith County Jail on Saturday (Feb. 1). He was subsequently released on a $100,000 bond.
According to KLTV, Nall was previously arrested on similar accusations in 2023. In July of that year, he was charged with indecency with a child by sexual contact. The victim also reported being lured to Nall’s office with candy.
