Registered sex offender was allowed to participate at South Carolina church for decades
The Brookwood church in Simpsonville, South Carolina. Photograph: Google MapsView image in fullscreenThe Brookwood church in Simpsonville, South Carolina. Jones said those rules included a prohibition from working in or being around children or student ministries.Sidell, 69, also could not set foot in the school or those particular ministries’ spaces, Jones said.
- ▪The Brookwood church in Simpsonville, South Carolina.
- ▪Photograph: Google MapsView image in fullscreenThe Brookwood church in Simpsonville, South Carolina.
- ▪Jones said those rules included a prohibition from working in or being around children or student ministries.Sidell, 69, also could not set foot in the school or those particular ministries’ spaces, Jones said.
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The Brookwood church in Simpsonville, South Carolina. Photograph: Google MapsView image in fullscreenThe Brookwood church in Simpsonville, South Carolina. Photograph: Google MapsSouth CarolinaRegistered sex offender was allowed to participate at South Carolina church for decadesThe Brookwood Church in Simpsonville only just disqualified Jerry Sidell from serving there in any capacityRamon Antonio VargasSat 12 Sep 2026 07.00 EDTLast modified on Sat 12 Sep 2026 07.01 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleA registered sex offender who was sentenced to prison in the 1980s after he told authorities that he had molested several boys whom he met through his religious work with Christian youth in Georgia was later allowed to participate for decades in ministry at a South Carolina church.The…
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