Two teaching elders from the Presbyterian Church in America are facing criminal charges in separate cases. The first case involves a pastor in Florida who was the driver in a fatal car crash. The second case involves a pastor in Mississippi who has been charged with statutory rape and other related offenses.

Nicholas Betancourt faces 11 charges stemming from a fatal car crash on February 28 where authorities determined he was driving under the influence. According to a report from Fox 13, Betancourt was arrested on February 27 for driving under the influence. He was released at 9 a.m., on February 28, and later that day, he was driving on a suspended license when he was involved in a crash. The crash killed Dana Rivera, 36, and seriously injured three of her children, a 4-year-old, a 6-year-old, and a 15-year-old.

…In a separate case, on Tuesday, March 11, Pastor Christopher Willett of the First Presbyterian Church in Crystal Springs, Mississippi, was arrested and charged with statutory rape, sexual battery, unnatural intercourse, computer luring of a person, and child pornography.

The police also executed search warrants at the time of his arrest. According to the Clarion Ledger, the arrest was the result of a victim coming forward to authorities. Willett is currently being held in the Copiah County Jail without bond.

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Andy Jones | “Two PCA Pastors Arrested In Separate Cases” | March 18, 2025

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