An Atlanta megachurch pastor has been arrested and charged with cruelty to children, after allegedly striking his stepson with a power cord until he bled.
Kenneth McFarland, 42, associate pastor of the multiethnic 2819 Church, was arrested Nov. 10 in Stockbridge, a suburb south of Atlanta, according to arrest records.
Earlier the same day, McFarland’s 15-year-old stepson went to his private Christian school in Hampton, Georgia, with blood on his pants, according to the Stockbridge Police report. The boy asked the assistant principal if he noticed the blood. The assistant principal asked the boy what caused the injury…