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yet another story of christian abuse of females....

. pastor arrested on assault warrant

Jeorge Zarazua
Express-News Staff Writer

A San Antonio pastor and an employee of his Christian boot camp were
arrested today on aggravated assault charges, accusing them of
dragging a girl behind a van after failing to keep up with others
during a running exercise.

Investigators with the Nueces County Sheriff's Office arrested Charles
E. Flowers shortly before noon at the Faith Outreach Center in
northwest San Antonio, said Brad E. Bailey, a spokesman for the
Schertz Police Department.

The department assisted Nueces County authorities in the arrests
because some of the camp's training exercises occur in Schertz.

Bailey said boot camp trainer Stephanie Bassitt was arrested later in
Kirby.

Authorities said both boot camp officials restrained a girl June 12,
tying her to the back of the truck before dragging her on her stomach
at the Love Demonstrated Ministries boot camp in Banquete, about 10
miles west of Corpus Christi.

The 15-year-old girl's mother complained to authorities about the
incident after taking her daughter to get treated for scrapes and
bruises.

Flowers is the self-proclaimed "commandant" of the boot camp, which he
operates with his wife, Janice.

He declined to comment on the allegations Friday, evading reporters
outside the offices of the Faith Outreach Center.

Other officials at the Faith Outreach Center couldn't immediately be
reached for comment this afternoon.
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