tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6102302.post-34485648925705084672008-05-13T06:34:00.003-04:002008-05-13T06:40:23.626-04:00A <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Illinois">Northern Illinois</a> pastor faces charges of sexually assaulting a teenage girl.<br /><br />Forty-year-old Jonathon Christopher Powell faces two counts of criminal sexual assault of a victim between 13 and 17 years old.<br /><br />According to the <a href="http://newhopebaptistmp.org/directions/where.html">church's Web site</a>, Powell is a senior pastor at <a href="http://newhopebaptistmp.org/directions/where.html">New Hope Baptist Church</a> in the village of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machesney_Park">Machesney Park</a>. <span style="font-style:italic;">ed: (This information has already been removed from their website)</span><br /><br />A telephone message left at the church after business hours Monday was not immediately returned. No telephone listing for Jonathon Christopher Powell could be found.<br /><br />Powell is being held in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winnebago_County%2C_Illinois">Winnebago County</a> Jail on $250,000 bond. <br /><a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-il-pastor-sexabuse,0,7890945.story"><br />STORY LINK</a>webmdavenoreply@blogger.com