A Sam Houston State University student is filing a lawsuit, claiming a campus ministry group was aware Daniel Savala was a registered sex offender but encouraged him to work close to children and young adults.
A Sam Houston State survivor's attorney said spiritual leader Daniel Savala registered as a sex offender and still worked with children.A man regarded as a spiritual leader across the state is now accused of weaponizing religion, using it to groom and manipulate boys and young men.Savala has been a registered sex offender since 2013. However, a lawsuit filed in Harris County on Wednesday alleges college campus ministry leaders still encouraged him to work with children and young adults.
Savala was part of Chi Omega Campus Ministries. The group's website says it is a co-ed Pentecostal ministry group operating on nearly 300 college campuses. Savala was first accused of sexually abusing minors in 2012. He was indicted on 11 charges for allegedly assaulting several children in a youth group he led in Alaska in the 1990s."So they fully were aware in 2013 that this was an issue with Mr. Savala, and yet still they continued to send college students to do mission work at Daniel Savala's home here in Houston," attorney Anjali Nigam, representing the SHSU survivor, said.
Last year, Savala was accused of sexually abusing two teenage boys with a then-Baylor University campus minister. The two were sent to the McLennan County Jail.
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