New York police are holding Brooklyn-based pastor Reverend Edward-Richard Hinds, who was born in Jamaica, on allegations of sex crime.
The charges, which were made public in the Brooklyn Supreme Court on November 6, 2024, accuse Hinds of third-degree rape and having sexual relations with a male child who is underage.
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The information given indicates that Hinds arrived in the United States in 2010. The divorced father reportedly hails from the Grants Pen district of St Andrew.
According to law enforcement authorities who spoke to a major media organization, Hinds has been charged with sex abuse for having an improper connection with a youngster.
The indictment was allegedly revealed at the pastor’s appearance yesterday afternoon in Brooklyn Supreme Court. He serves as executive director of the 67th Precinct Clergy Council, also called “The GodSquad.”
According to a special prosecutor from the Staten Island district attorney’s office, the allegations stemmed from an event that occurred in 2022, when police alleged Hinds engaged in sexual activity with a 16-year-old boy on Christmas Eve.
Hinds serves as the youth pastor at the Brooklyn-based Rugby Deliverance Tabernacle on Snydner Avenue.
The GodSquad has contracts with local agencies worth around US$10.5 million, and Hinds has participated in several initiatives started by the government of Mayor Eric Adams.
