Wichita Falls pastor faces new child sex abuse charges
A Wichita Falls Pastor was behind bars again Monday after a grand jury tacked more charges onto allegations that Paul Andrew Coleman sexually assaulted a child.
Coleman, 67, is now charged with sexual assault of two children and continuous sexual abuse of a child related to allegations that surfaced in 2022.
He was being held Tuesday in the Wichita County Jail on $425,000 in total bonds for charges in the latest indictment against him, according to online jail records.
Anyone charged with a crime is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
Coleman was the pastor of Good Samaritan Outreach Ministries on East Carolina Street when an 11-year-old child made an outcry at Patsy's House Children's Advocacy Center, according to allegations in court documents. The child said the assaults occurred at the church and at a home.
At that time, a Wichita County grand jury indicted Coleman on charges of aggravated sexual assault of a child and indecency with a child through sexual contact. Coleman was arrested Dec. 9, 2022, and bonded out in April 2023.
On Friday, a grand jury issued an indictment of continuous sexual abuse of a child under 14 and an additional charge of aggravated sexual assault of a child. The new indictment alleges the abuse began in June 2022.
If convicted of either of those charges, Coleman faces up to life in prison.
Coleman was jailed again May 17 and bail was set at $300,000 for those two charges, according to online jail records.
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