Charged Christian institutions & contexts Evangelical, Pentecostal, and independent Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada · 2026

Canada: Winnipeg pastor and youth camp director charged with sexually exploiting a teenage counsellor

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Record class

Context only

Evidence status

Charged

Authority role

pastor, Centerpoint Church, youth camp director

Organization

Centerpoint Church, Winnipeg

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Police allege Parago, pastor and youth camp director at Centerpoint Church, groomed and gained the trust of a teenage youth-camp counsellor between August 2025 and March 2026, using his combined pastoral and camp-leadership authority to arrange private meetings and send sexually explicit material.

Pastoral or clerical authority
Institutional obedience or isolation

Evidence structure

Proceedings

2026-04-30 · charged, released on Crown-authorized conditions

Winnipeg Police Service / Manitoba provincial court. Charged with sexual assault, sexual exploitation, luring a person under 18, and distributing sexually explicit material to a person under 18; arrested April 30, 2026 and released on conditions. Allegations not yet proven in court.

Documented coercion mechanisms

dual pastoral and camp-director authority over a teenage staff member
grooming through private one-on-one meetings
distribution of sexually explicit material to isolate and normalize contact

Cited record

Sources

official police record charging record Winnipeg Police Service, 'Teen sexually assaulted. Pastor/Camp Director in custody: C26-60730' (May 5, 2026).: Official police release naming the charges, the arrest date, and Parago's dual pastor/camp-director role.
national broadcaster court reporting corroboration and nexus CBC News, 'No "red flags" around Winnipeg youth camp pastor now charged with sexually assaulting teen: lead pastor' (May 2026).: Reports the grooming allegation timeline, Parago's role, and church leadership's response.

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Source and tier basis: https://www.winnipeg.ca/police/community/news-releases/2026-05-05-teen-sexually-assaulted-pastorcamp-director-custody-c26-60730 Corpus classification: official-police-record; evidentiary role: charging-record. SHA-256 156236a87ae007a4e072ad690135d2865527fdda6d175aecbb9fce6feec99b91
Retrieval: 2026-07-20 · Preserved; Bound by Fear automated source-preservation ledger
Source and tier basis: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/youth-camp-pastor-charged-sexual-assault-9.7187931 Corpus classification: national-broadcaster-court-reporting; evidentiary role: corroboration-and-nexus.
Retrieval: 2026-07-27 · Retrieval failed; Bound by Fear automated source-preservation ledger

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