McLoud Pastor Denies Child Abuse Allegations

<p>A McLoud pastor and his wife have been charged with crimes against a child.&nbsp;</p>

Tuesday, August 30th 2016, 10:30 pm

By: News 9


A McLoud pastor and his wife have been charged with crimes against a child.

Law enforcement arrested the couple Sunday but now, they are fighting back on the allegations against them calling them simply untrue.

The McLoud pastor, Wayne Heins and his wife Donna, said the entire investigation blindsided them. They claim they were unaware of any allegations made against them until felony warrants were filed Friday afternoon.

The girl, 7 years old at the time, told investigators the pastor and his wife left bruises on her body from a "belt or switch with thorns."

That was November 2013, according to a McLoud police report filed by the child's biological mother.

Nearly three years later, Pottawatomie County investigators charged the pastor and his wife Donna for the alleged crimes.

News 9 spoke with Heins about the allegations against him and his wife.

He agreed to talk with News 9 off camera.

“That's not us. We've never hurt anybody. We wouldn't hurt anybody. We took the little girl in to help her be stable in school and to be stable as an individual," he said.

Heins claims in the past three years he was never questioned by an investigator then suddenly he and his wife received felony charges

McLoud's police Chief Tom Pringle was unavailable to answer questions about the timeline of the investigation, and Pottawatomie County Assistant District Attorney Adam Panter said he couldn't comment on an open case.

"The child was disciplined in our home and some of those allegations are horrific and they are untrue," Heins said.

The couple's neighbors were just as stunned.

“I don't see that happening. I've seen her. She's come up and she's talked to my son. She'll stop and say hi. And the way I see her with my son, I just don't see it,” said Alisha McCauley, the couple’s neighbor.  

The McLoud couple said the plan to fight the charges and restore their reputation.

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