Every fucking time ™️
Seriously, what is wrong with MAGA pastors?
Meet MAGAt and registered Republican John A. Camardo III, a former executive pastor at The Chapel megachurch and a girls' travel soccer coach for the Amherst Soccer Association. He was convicted of second-degree rape and second-degree course of sexual conduct against a child.
From 2021 through 2023, he initiated a systematic pattern of grooming and targeted sexual violence against an 8-year-old child. When the victim reached the age of 13, he utilized a physical "promise ring" as a weapon of psychological control, explicitly telling the child that she belonged to him.
From 2021 through 2023, the illegal conduct was carried out against the first victim, extending over a multi-year period while leveraging positions of community trust.
In 2024, additional criminal offenses were committed against a second victim within the Town of Amherst, leading to the subsequent felony charges.
On July 13, 2026, he entered a guilty plea to multiple felony counts. On October 19, 2026, a State Supreme Court judge handed down a sentence of consecutive terms totaling eight years in state prison, to be followed by 10 years of post-release supervision.