A South Carolina pastor is accused of a wide range of abuses on his children, including sexual abuse, forcing the kids to eat dirt and trash, and killing a dog before making one child bury the dead dog.
Myron Chorbajian was a pastor at 1st Southern Methodist Church in Greenville, S.C., prior to his arrest in May 2025, according to FOX Carolina.
He and his wife, Kathleen Chorbajian, were arrested after the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office launched a child abuse investigation into the couple — who adopted several children over the years — in April 2025 after a victim reported “extensive abuse” starting in the 1980s, the outlet reported, citing arrest warrants.
The warrants detail several specific instances of alleged abuse by Myron, including an incident in which he punched a victim in the face and forced them to sleep in a trash bin and consume its contents, per FOX Carolina. Myron allegedly placed “the victim in a trash can for three days,” the warrants state. “The victim was made to eat trash from the trash can.”
The arrest documents also state that he allegedly forced a child to “search dumpsters and eat rotten and discarded food.”
The warrants also detail instances of animal abuse, stating that Myron allegedly ran over a female child’s pet kitten before shooting it in the head in front of her. He also allegedly killed a dog in front of a child, whom he then forced to bury the animal’s body, per FOX Carolina.
He also allegedly forced a child to eat dirt, paddled a naked victim 50 times and beat a child with a belt until they lost consciousness, according to the outlet.
The warrants also state Myron allegedly sexually abused multiple of his female kids, per FOX Carolina.
Kathleen was allegedly aware of some of the instances of sexual abuse — as well as some alleged beatings or the instance in which a child was forced to sleep in a trash can — and failed to intervene or report them, according to the outlet.
The Chorbajians were arrested in Nashville on May 15, 2025, and subsequently brought back to Greenville, per FOX Carolina.
Myron was charged with three counts each of incest and criminal sexual conduct with a minor between the ages of 11 and 14, as well as second-degree criminal sexual conduct, according to FOX Carolina. Additionally, he and Kathleen were both charged with 14 counts of unlawful placing child at risk and two counts of second-degree assault and battery, per the outlet.
The Greenville County Sheriff’s Office later announced additional charges against the couple in a June 2025 update.
Myron was charged with several more counts of criminal sexual conduct with a minor, 10 more counts of incest and two counts of assault and battery with intent to kill, among other charges, the department said at the time.
The Chorbajians’ case gained attention again months later in February 2026 after a judge granted Kathleen’s request to be released on bond, FOX Carolina reported. She is now on house arrest and is not allowed any contact with minors, the victims of the case or her husband, according to the outlet.
If you suspect child abuse, call the Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline at 1-800-4-A-Child or 1-800-422-4453, or go to http://www.childhelp.org. All calls are toll-free and confidential. The hotline is available 24/7 in more than 170 languages.
If you or someone you know has been a victim of sexual abuse, text “STRENGTH” to the Crisis Text Line at 741-741 to be connected to a certified crisis counselor.
A demonic servant of Satan pretending to be a pastor.Give him the same treatment and then punish him in the public square