Pastor Charged With Beating a Child Allegedly Claimed To Be ‘Divinely Ordained To Chastise Children’

February 24, 2025

The Clark County Courthouse in Vancouver, Washington. Visitor7, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

CCSO said officials arrested Hardy “without incident” and that the pastor was charged with Assault of a Child in the third degree. “The Special Victims Unit believes that Hardy may have similarly assaulted other children in Clark County,” said CCSO. “Anyone with information related to this investigation is requested to contact the Clark County Sheriff’s Office by calling 3-1-1 or emailing detectives at cjcdetective@clark.wa.gov.”

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