Crime & Safety

Update: Jarrettown Methodist Pastor Rick Rogers Arrested for Indecent Exposure

Rick Rogers, who was suspended from his position in June, has been arrested for flashing two women on separate occasions.

Rick Rogers, a former pastor at in Dresher, has been arrested and charged with two counts of indecent exposure, according to Montgomery County Assistant District Attorney Samantha Cauffman.

"Rogers exposed himself on two separate occasions to women who worked for an organization that rented space inside the [church]," reports CBS Philly.

"Each woman was walking in the hallways and past a doorway, and the pastor was standing there with his pants down. [He] shocked them, and made them very uncomfortable," said Cauffman, according to the report.

Rogers was let go from the church this past June while the church investigated the complaints.

"They promptly reported the conduct to church authorities as soon as it happened to them," said Cauffman.

But the women came to police in late July after they were unsatisfied with the church investigation.

"The women came to the police because they wanted to see that justice was done, that this man faced criminal penalties for his conduct," said Cauffman.

Rogers was arrested on Tuesday, after a "thorough investigation into the allegations," said Cauffman.

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Rogers has been released on $10,000 bail, and is due in court Wednesday, Aug. 17, for his prelimary hearing before Judge Patricia Zaffarano in Ambler. Cauffman has been assigned to prosecute the case.

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