Christian leader steals charity funds for sex addiction; Christian teacher arrested for having sex with 16-year-old student

The president of Christian charity organization admitted in court that he used almost half-a-million dollars in donations to support his sex addiction.

According to the Associated Press, Jon S. Peterson, the head of World Ambassadors, Ltd. based in Iowa, admitted that from 2010 to 2014, he took a total of $475,555 from the organization's funds and transferred the amount to his personal checking account. He pleaded guilty to filing a false income tax return in 2013 when he did not declare, in his personal tax filing, $114,581 as taxable income, an amount that he took from the charity.

World Ambassadors, Ltd was established in 1993 by Peterson and his wife to provide housing to international students in college. The Gazette says that there were 31 to 38 people who contributed to the charity from 2010 to 2014, and it received $476,466 in deposits. Peterson took money from the donations through bank transfers or through checks payable to himself.

The 55-year-old defendant reportedly said that he used the charity's money in order to support his sex addiction, something he had suffered from for more than 10 years. Apart from the donations, he also paid for his addiction using credit cards and home equity lines.

The court released Peterson and has yet to schedule his sentencing hearing. If found guilty, he could face up to three years imprisonment, a fine of up to $250,000, and restitution.

Meanwhile, in Pennsylvania, a Christian teacher admitted in court this week that she had been having sex with a 16-year-old student since 2015 and was charged for institutional sexual assault.

Kelly Aldinger, 49, according to Raw Story, was initially arrested two weeks earlier after having been caught by a police officer having sex with a teenager in a car parked at a cemetery. She reportedly met the young man when she taught as a substitute teacher in his class last year.

If found guilty, she could face up to seven years jail time plus fines of up to $15,000.

Prior to teaching at the Easton Area school district, she reportedly stood as council president of St. Paul's III Lutheran Church and there, she managed Christian education.