Pembroke Pines, FL-Youth pastor threatened girl’s family for sex

Pembroke Pines, FL-A 38-year-old Pasteur at a South Florida church coerced a girl into having sex with him by threatening to turn her family in to immigration officials.

Luis Clarke, 38, assaulted the 15-year-old girl over six months in 2016 and 2017 while he was a part-time youth pastor at Abrazo tu Sueno Church in Pembroke Pines. Clarke was arrested Thursday and was charged with 25 counts of sexual battery of a minor and false imprisonment.

Pembroke Pines police Capt. Al Xiques says Clarke once forced a 15-year-old boy to watch him assault the girl. The boy went to police on April 3.

The report says Clarke admitted to two sexual encounters with the girl.