Chester County Pastor, Accused Rapist, Waives Hearing

WEST WHITELAND, PA -- A Chester County pastor accused of raping and impregnating a teenage girl whom he had invited to live in his home has waived his preliminary hearing, according to Philly.com.

Jacob Malone, 33, was a pastor in Minnesota when he invited a 17-year-old girl to live with him, according to the West Whiteland Police Department. The two initially had met when the girl was 12 at the pastor’s old church in Mesa, Arizona.

>>See Patch’s original reporting on this case here.

In June 2014 the girl moved to Minnesota, and Malone attempted inappropriate contact, police said.

They moved to Chester County the next month, and Malone registered the girl in a local high school.

The sexual assaults began in the fall of 2014 at Malone’s residence on Atherton Drive, according to police.

Malone allegedly gave her alcohol multiple times after she turned 18, and one of the molestations occurred after she had become drunk.

After charges were formally filed against him, Malone fled to Ecuador, and agreed to return to the United States via a flight to Miami in January.

Malone’s formal arraignment is set for February 11.

Image courtesy West Whiteland Police Department.