A former East Texas pastor and substitute teacher has been arrested and charged with sexual assault of a child—his second arrest in two years for a child sex crime.
Timothy Daniel Nall, 70, was out on bond for the previous charge when he was picked up Saturday.
In both cases, the alleged victims reported being lured into Nall’s church office with candy.
Nall was arrested in July 2023 on a charge of indecency with a child by sexual contact. He was released from jail on a $50,000 bond.
At the time, Nall was the pastor of Mt. Pisgah Missionary Baptist Church in Mineola.
He also worked as a substitute teacher in Quitman Independent School District.
Nall’s wife works for the Wood County tax office.
On Friday, the Wood County Sheriff’s Office asked on social media for help finding Nall, saying he was wanted on a new charge involving a different victim.
The next day, Nall was arrested by the Tyler Police Department and booked into the Smith County Jail. He was released Sunday on a $100,000 bond.
Documents obtained by KLTV show Nall’s new accuser told authorities that while Nall was the Mt. Pisgah pastor, he sexually assaulted the young church member in his office multiple times during church hours.
Sexual assault of a child and indecency with a child by sexual contact are both second-degree felonies punishable by 2 to 20 years in prison.
Nall also faced similar charges in 2014, while he was the pastor of Farmington Baptist Church in Alcorn County, Mississippi. Nall was accused of abusing a child starting when the victim was six years old, but the case ended in a mistrial.
State records show Nall does not hold a Texas teaching certificate.
Nall is listed as “under investigation” on the state’s Do Not Hire Registry of people ineligible to work in Texas public schools.
Texas Scorecard contacted Quitman ISD Superintendent Christopher Mason for details about Nall’s work as a substitute teacher in the district. Mason refused to release the data, instead directing Scorecard to submit a public information request form.
The district will now have 10 business days to provide copies of any existing documents showing the dates and campuses on which Nall worked as a substitute, or to request permission from the attorney general’s office to withhold the information.
In just the past few years, hundreds of Texas teachers have been accused of sex crimes involving students and other children.
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