Former Boone Youth Pastor Convicted of Sexual Exploitation Will Remain on Sex Offender Registry

Former Boone youth pastor convicted of sexual exploitation will remain on sex offender registry

A former Boone youth pastor convicted of sexual exploitation has dismissed his petition to be removed from the sex offender registry.

Ex-Iowa pastor withdraws request to be removed from sex offender list – BishopAccountability.org

A former Boone pastor who is a registered sex offender has withdrawn his year-long request to be removed from the registry. Former Grace Community Church Pastor Joel Waltz, 56, of Boone, was arrested in 2017 for sexually exploiting an underage teenager for several years. Waltz groomed and sexually abused the then minor he’d known since the victim was 11 years old. The two met when Waltz was a youth pastor at Grace Community Church. Waltz was sen…