Chicago Breaking News - March 17, 2009 by Clifford Ward A girl whose pastor allegedly spanked her with a piece of molding because he thought she was lying about being sexually abused testified for two hours today at the minister's trial.Now 16, the girl told a Kane County judge that Rev. Daryl Bujak struck her on the buttocks and lower back between 15 and 25 times at each of eight weekly sessions in the spring of 2005 when she was 12.
The girl's mother brought her to Bujak for counseling after she told her mother that another man had sexually abused her. The man, Matthew E. Resh, was later charged with sexual abuse, but the mother at first did not believe her daughter's allegations. Resh is scheduled for trial in July.
Bujak, 33, pastor of the First Missionary Baptist Church in Elgin, was charged with battery and failing to report the girl's account of sexual abuse.
The girl testified today that Bujak reportedly told her: "He didn't want me to grow up and become a liar and go to hell."
Attorney Ross Bartolotta, who is representing Bujak, argued in his opening statement Tuesday that the girl's parents were aware the pastor was using corporal punishment in their sessions.
The girl admitted during cross-examination that she was a rebellious child who was sometimes disciplined for being untruthful.
The bench trial before Judge Allen Anderson was expected to continue this afternoon.
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