{"id":6192,"date":"2026-07-02T16:01:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T16:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=6192"},"modified":"2026-07-02T16:01:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T16:01:13","slug":"liberty-county-pastor-accused-of-sexually-abusing-a-child","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=6192","title":{"rendered":"Liberty County pastor accused of sexually abusing a child"},"content":{"rendered":"<div> <!-- --> <!-- --><p><span><strong>KENEFICK, Texas<\/strong> &#8211; <\/span>A Liberty County pastor has been arrested on multiple charges, including allegations of sexually abusing a child.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=6189\">16 children rescued from Ohio home: \u2018Livestock kept in better conditions\u2019<\/a><\/p> <h2>The allegations<\/h2> <!-- --><div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6191\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/cf1a7189380ab81d8fdc5780fb92e006-768x432.webp\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/cf1a7189380ab81d8fdc5780fb92e006-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/cf1a7189380ab81d8fdc5780fb92e006-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/cf1a7189380ab81d8fdc5780fb92e006.webp 932w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n <div><p><span>George Finney (Photo: Liberty County Jail)<\/span> <!-- --><\/p> <!-- --><\/div><\/div> <!-- --><div><\/div> <!-- --><p>According to court records, George Finney, 52, is charged with sexual abuse of a child &#8211; continuous, indecency with a child by exposure, and assault of a family or household member by impeding breath or circulation.<\/p> <!-- --><p>The charges all stem from 2024, but records show he was charged last month and arrested on Monday. His bond was set at $50,000 per charge.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=6186\">Houston boy born with disfigured eye moves family to tears after eye transformation<\/a><\/p> <!-- --><h2>Suspect identified as Kenefick pastor<\/h2> <!-- --><p>According to court documents, Finney is the pastor of New Life Kenefick.<\/p> <!-- --><p>He is still listed on New Life Kenefick\u2019s website as pastor as of Thursday morning. According to the church website, he was set in as senior pastor in May 2016.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=6184\">Sony to end physical PlayStation game discs for new releases starting in 2028<\/a><\/p> <!-- --> <!-- --> <!-- --> <\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Liberty County pastor has been arrested on multiple charges, including allegations of sexually abusing a child.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6190,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,144,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime-and-public-safety","category-liberty-county","category-texas"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Liberty County pastor accused of sexually abusing a child - 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