21 May 2020
An alleged pedophile cowboy pastor is behind bars after he molested three underage girls while training them for rodeo events, police said.
Roy Shoop, 55, was arrested on Wednesday in Inola, Oklahoma on two charges of rape by instrumentation and six counts of lewd or indecent proposals related to the alleged molestation of three three victims, a 15-year-old girl, a 13-year-old girl and a 12-year-old girl.
Shoop, the pastor at Cowboy Gatherin’ Church, is accused of inappropriately touching the girls while training them for local rodeo events. One of the victims told investigators that Shoop would grope her while he instructed her on horse riding at his home in Inola, according to the affidavit.
‘These events took place while (the victim) was staying at the Shoop’s residence where she was being instructed on barrel racing with her new horse her father had purchased from Roy and Diana Shoop,’ police wrote.
Read more: https://metro.co.uk/2020/05/21/pedophile-cowboy-raped-children-training-rodeo-12740653/
