Pastor Accused in Teen Sex Crimes

The headmaster and pastor of a northeast Harris County christian school is accused of sex crimes against two male students.

Thursday afternoon, a judge quadrupled Darrell Dunn's bonds to $200,000. Prosecutors believe he's a flight risk and allege there could be more victims.

Dunn, 51, was arrested at his home in Crosby Thursday morning. He's charged with one count each of indecency with a child and online solicitation of a minor.

For the past year, the married Dunn is accused of luring two of his students, 14 and 15 year old boys, to his neatly kept home.

Neighbors say they often saw boys at Dunn's house barbecuing and, more recently, setting off fireworks.

"We asked him about the boys, and he said they were from his church," said Angel Miranda, a neighbor.

Dunn is the headmaster and pastor of Living Praise Church and Academy on Woodforest Boulevard. The criminal complaint against him accuses Dunn of abusing his authority by inappropriately touching the boys at both the school and his home.

Investigators carried out a search warrant at each place and seized a computer. Assistant District Attorney Eric Devlin says Dunn gained the trust of the boys and their parents. The boys were eventually allowed to spend the night at Dunn's house.

"Usually there's a grooming process. In this case he often talked about the male genitalia with these kids. He would start the molestation by telling them he needed to check them for testicular cancer," said Devlin.

Devlin says Dunn also sent the boys sexually explicit pictures of other students. In May of this year one of the boys made an outcry to his parents. According to Devlin, the boy said he didn't want Dunn to hurt anyone else.

"I don't think he just started this one day when he turned 49 and said, 'You know what, I'm going to start molesting kids.' It could go back very far."

Dunn has asked for a court appointed attorney. Prosecutors are asking any more alleged victims to come forward with information.