PASTOR CHARGED WITH RAPING 3 WOMEN IN USA

SUMMERVALLE, SC - US pastor Dale Richardson has been charged with kidnapping and raping three women at gunpoint, two of them in a trailer behind a church in town of Summerville South Carolina.
Richardson, who had served as pastor at Freedom Free Will Baptist Church for the past year, was arrested last month, AP reported on Sunday.

• Last month, Richardson picked up a 20-year-old woman and gave her a ride. When she tried to get out of the car, Richardson allegedly pulled a gun, bound her hands, covered her head and took her to the gray-blue trailer home behind the church.
• The priest later dropped the woman in a wooded area, threatening to shoot her if she turned around.
• According to police, the woman was able to identify Richardson from his picture on the church website. Richardson has since been charged with two other similar sexual assaults, both of which occurred last year.
• The pastor is accused of bringing one of those women to the church trailer. The third woman claims she was raped in a wooded area. He is also charged with kidnapping a fourth woman.
• When he appeared before a Dorchester County magistrate on the latest charges on Thursday, Richardson said he understood the charges against him and was denied bond when the magistrate said he was a danger to society.

Maj. John Garrison of the Dorchester County Sheriff's Office said serial rape cases are unusual in the area, adding that this case is drawing particular interest because the suspect is a preacher.