SMITH COUNTY, Texas — Arrest documents allege an East Texas pastor touched one of his church member's young daughters inappropriately.
According to judicial records, Timothy Nall, 68, of Holly Lake Ranch, was arrested Tuesday, July 18, arrested by the Smith County Sheriff's Office on a warrant out of Wood County for indecency with a child by sexual contact.
Nall is the pastor at Mt. Pisgah Missionary Baptist Church in Mineola.
According to the arrest affidavit, a woman witnessed Nall touch another church member's daughter inappropriately. After seeing this, the woman then asked her children if they had ever been touched inappropriately by Nall and her 4-year-old daughter said she was touched by him at church.
The victim's mother said she was also aware of previous allegations in Mississippi and of another investigation in Arkansas, the affidavit said.
According to the affidavit, during an interview at the Child Advocacy Center in Winnsboro, the child confirmed she had been touched by Nall in her private area with his finger. The victim said she was touched over her clothes when she was in his office getting candy.
During an interview with Nall at the Wood County Sheriff's Office, he denied the allegations. The investigator asked if the child could've been grabbed by him while sliding out of his lap. He responded that wouldn't have happened because she was never in his lap, according to the document.
Later in the interview, he said he would sometimes place the children in his lap to help them see into the candy bowl on his desk, the affidavit said.
He was unable to give a reason why he said she never never sat on his lap, the affidavit said.
The interview suggests there is no reason for the child or her mother to make false allegations against Nall, the document explained.
This is not the first time Nall has faced charges regarding sexual crimes against children.
In June 2013, Nall, who was then the pastor of Farmington Baptist Church in Corinth, Mississippi, was charged with sexual battery against a teen girl, according to WMC-TV. WAPT reports in September 2014 he was indicted for sexual battery and fondling based on allegations he used his finger to penetrate a 6-year-old child.
Nall was released from the Smith County Jail after posting a $50,000 bond Tuesday.
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