PITTSBURGH (PA)
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
By Ann Rodgers-Melnick, Post-Gazette Staff Writer
The family of a girl who police say was sexually assaulted by the Rev. David Valencia at Christ Church at Grove Farm feels betrayed not only by Valencia, but also by the church’s senior pastor, the Rev. John Guest, and a failure of governance in the large, unaffiliated church in Ohio Township.
Guest told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Thursday that he was aware Valencia had viewed sexually explicit Web sites in his church office in summer 2001, but told no one for six months. According to police, the assaults also occurred in summer 2001.
“He looks like the bishop of Boston. I hold him at least partially responsible for what happened to my daughter,” the father said. The Post-Gazette is not using his name because that would identify the victim of a sexual assault.
Guest declined to discuss the issues between him and the girl’s family.
