Arkansas Assemblies of God looking at claims that North Little Rock pastor Rod Loy committed assault | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Arkansas Assemblies of God looking at claims that North Little Rock pastor Rod Loy committed assault | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

The Arkansas district of the Assemblies of God is investigating a former congregant's claims, made in a lawsuit filed last week, that North Little Rock First Assembly of God Pastor Rod Loy groomed and sexually abused her beginning when she was a minor.

Lawsuit accuses pastor of grooming, sexually abusing teen

Note: This story contains details of child sex abuse. A Texas woman says the pastor of the largest Assemblies of God church in Arkansas sexually abused her for years, starting when she was a teen. Georgetown, Texas, resident Suzanne Lander filed suit against North Little Rock First Assembly of God Church (First NLR) and its lead pastor, Rodney Loy, on Jan. 26. Lander claims that Loy began grooming her in 1996 shortly after she began attending th…