Evangelist Acton Bowen, arrested on multiple child sex charges, said he is hurt, confused and heartbroken over the allegations against him. The 37-year-old founder and president of Acton Bowen ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Convicted sex offender and former youth evangelist Acton Bowen was sentenced to 50 years in prison for child sex crimes Friday. He will serve another 12 months for other ...

ETOWAH COUNTY, Ala. (WIAT) — A former youth minister will be spending the rest of his life behind bars after pleading to over two dozen sex crimes against minors. On Friday afternoon, Paul Edward ...

Prosecutors just told a court that a prominent youth pastor is being investigated for sexual abuse in three more jurisdictions. Acton Bowen was arrested two weeks ago in Hoover, Alabama, after a ...

A popular Alabama Evangelist, author and public speaker was arrested on child sex charges. Paul Edward Acton Bowen, 37, the founder of Acton Bowen Outreach Ministries, was taken into custody on April ...

HOOVER, Ala.-- An Alabama youth evangelist has been arrested on child sex charges. Media outlets report that police in the Birmingham suburb of Hoover arrested Paul Edward Acton Bowen, 37, of ...

Evangelist Acton Bowen, currently facing sex abuse charges in connection with five teenage boys in two counties, is being investigated in three other jurisdictions. That's according to an Etowah ...

Another exciting development in the story involving antigay pastor Paul Edward Acton Bowen… Just to recap: 37-year-old Bowen is a well-known Alabama evangelist, youth pastor, public speaker, and ...

A once prominent youth evangelist on Friday received the maximum sentences after pleading guilty to 28 sex offenses committed against boys, ages 12 to 16, whom he encountered through his ministry.