Benjamin Bishop, 25, teacher & minister at Victory Christian Academy [Victory Apostolic Church], New Albany, Mississippi, "accused of sexting a church school student and having the intent to coerce and seduce the teen into having sex with him" Also worked for the Union County Sheriff's Department, Union County, Mississippi, as a deputy jailer. Teacher, pastor, jailer -- sounds like a real Renaissance Man! WTVA: Man indicted for exploitation of a child (Nov 8 2012) A New Albany man has been indicted for exploitation of a child. A grand jury indictment was handed down last month against Benjamin Bishop, 25. The court documents say Bishop used a computer to entice a 15-year-old to meet him for the purpose of engaging in sexually explicit conduct. Tags:
New Albany Gazette: NA man indicted for exploitation (Nov 16 2012) Benjamin Bishop, 25, of 623 Glendale Road in New Albany, was arrested Aug. 16, 2012. He is accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a minor. According to Union County Sheriff’s Department Chief Deputy Johnny Bell, Bishop was a part-time jailer at the department. While his arrest took place in Union County, he was transported to the Chickasaw County Jail. He was booked into the jail at 7:13 p.m. Bishop was a jailer at UCSD from May 1, 2012 until the day of his arrest ... Bishop appears on the Victory Apostolic Church website under church pastors As of today (Nov 19) the church's "pastors" page appears to be gone. A "history" page is displayed for both "history" and "pastors".
WREG: Only on 3: Teacher, Preacher Indicted for Child Exploitation (Nov 16 2012) It was the third day of school at Victory Christian Academy in New Albany when a father, who we’re not identifying in order to protect his daughter, says she got a Facebook message from her teacher 25-year-old Benjamin Bishop. “He asked her to get on an app called Voxer and it is a highly encrypted cell phone app,” he said. “It’s very hard to trace. As a matter of fact police could not even pull those messages off of her phone they had to have the phone itself.” He says more than a dozen messages were exchanged between his daughter and Bishop. He found them on his daughter’s phone after she confided in a family member. The messages are so sexually explicit, he says, he doesn’t feel comfortable sharing them. According to the indictment Bishop’s messages show he tried to meet up with the teen “for the purpose of engaging in sexually explicit conduct.”
WMC TV: Deputy jailer/church worker charged with enticing a teen (Nov 16 2012) 25 year-old Benjamin Bishop's arrest followed a grand jury indictment for exploitation of a child. He's accused of using a computer to entice a 15 year-old into having sex. Officials with the Union County Sheriff's Dept. tell Action News 5 Bishop had to be booked at the Chickasaw County Jail for his own safety. Bishop also worked at Victory Christian Academy and Preschool in New Albany. That's where his father is a pastor.
Memphis Rap: Mississippi Teacher, Preacher Arrested For Sexting Text Messages To Student For Sex (Nov 18 2012) A Christian Academy teacher and preacher, who is also the pastor’s son, is the talk after being indicted following an arrest for sending sexually explicit text messages to a 15 year-old student and asking her to meet up with him. Benjamin Bishop, 25, who taught and reportedly ministered at Victory Christian Academy and Victory Apostolic Church in New Albany, MS is accused of sexting a church school student and having the intent to coerce and seduce the teen into having sex with him. ccording to WREG, the father of the teen girl, who is also a church member, stated that Benjamin Bishop exchanged dozens of messages with his daughter on Facebook and he had even asked her to use the mobile app Voxer due to it being highly encrypted ... Bishop was arrested back in August ...
