After weekly counseling sessions that lasted about two months, Bujak, the pastor of her church, spanked the girl with a 3-foot length of 2-inch wood molding, prosecutors say.
ELGIN — The portrait of a local pastor and his independent Baptist church that has emerged since he was charged last week with misdemeanor battery is a familiar one, replete with many of the hallmarks of other such congregations, according to several religious scholars. Authorities say the Rev. Daryl P. Bujak, 30, repeatedly spanked a then-12-year-old girl last year with a piece of wood molding, leaving her with bruises, because he did not believe her allegations that she had been sexually abused. Since news of the case broke, Bujak has largely declined to speak to reporters, as have parishioners at
As the news of an Elgin pastor’s arrest on a battery charge continues to reverberate, church members and the accused are mostly refusing to comment on the case — which the mother of the alleged victim said wasn’t surprising, given the tight-knit nature of the small congregation she belonged to for some 18 months. Last week, authorities alleged that the Rev. Daryl P. Bujak repeatedly spanked a 12-year-old McHenry County girl with a piece of wood molding because he thought she was lying when she told her mother she had been sexually abused by another person. Bujak, 30, is the
ELGIN — As the news of a local pastor’s arrest on a battery charge continues to reverberate, church members and the accused are mostly refusing to comment on the case, a development the mother of the alleged victim called unsurprising given the tight-knit nature of the small congregation she belonged to for some 18 months. Last week, authorities alleged that the Rev. Daryl P. Bujak repeatedly spanked a 12-year-old McHenry County girl with a piece of wood molding because he thought she was lying when she told her mother she had been sexually abused by another person. Bujak, 30, is
Some Baptist ministers said Friday that the kind of physical discipline reportedly meted out by an Elgin pastor to a 12-year-old who claimed she was being sexually abused has no place in the church. “We wouldn’t do such things,” said Rev. Jerry Gleason, pastor of Bartlett Baptist Church, one of about 42,000 Southern Baptist churches across the country. “What we teach parents is there has to be some structure and discipline, but that doesn’t mean taking a board and whipping a child.” On Wednesday, police charged Rev. Daryl Bujak, 30, pastor of the First Missionary Baptist Church in Elgin, with
(CBS) A suburban Chicago pastor has been charged with misdemeanor battery after he allegedly spanked a 13-year-old girl with a piece of wood because he thought she was lying about being sexually abused by a relative, authorities said. Officials said they believe the girl’s allegations of sexual abuse are true. Yet the Rev. Daryl Bujak, the pastor of the First Missionary Baptist Church, struck the girl — then 12 years old — hard enough to cause bruises and welts on her legs and buttocks, according to Elgin police. “It’s unbelievable,” said Lt. Mike Turner of the alleged beatings that occurred
The pastor of an Elgin church has been charged with battery after it was alleged that he repeatedly used a piece of wood to discipline a 12-year-old girl. Police said the girl’s mother took her to the pastor because she doubted the girl’s claim that she was being sexually abused by another man. Elgin police said Thursday they believe the girl’s original allegations are true. On Wednesday they charged Daryl Bujak, 30, pastor of First Missionary Baptist Church, with misdemeanor battery. He was released after posting $500 bail. He has a June 16 court appearance in the Elgin branch of