A West Valley Superior Court judge reduced bail today from $500,000 to $100,000 for an Ontario Sunday school teacher charged with child molestation.
John Calvin Savage, 44, was ordered by Judge Douglas Elwell to turn over his passport and his wife's passport to his defense attorney, John Pozza.
Savage is accused of molesting a 12-year-old girl in 2003 who he met when she was in his Sunday school class at Grace Baptist Church in Corona.
Police are also investigating claims that Savage molested a 16-year-old Chinese exchange student this year who was living in his home.
Savage was arrested Oct. 15, and pleaded not guilty to the charges Oct. 20. He is next scheduled to appear in court Dec. 2.
Click the link below to read two news items on Savage's case.
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Published Oct. 21, 2008
Sunday school teacher pleads not guilty
An Ontario Sunday school teacher accused of molesting a 12-year-old girl in 2003 pleaded not guilty Monday to two felony counts of lewd or lascivious acts with a child.
John Calvin Savage entered his plea before a West Valley Superior Court judge via video from West Valley Detention Center, where he remains in custody in lieu of $500,000 bail.
Savage , 44, allegedly met the girl when she was his Sunday school student at Grace Baptist Church in Corona.
Ontario police are also investigating claims that Savage molested a 16-year-old foreign-exchange student from China who was staying at his family's home in Ontario.
Savage is scheduled to appear in court Thursday.
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Sunday school teacher charged with molesting girl, 12
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin (Ontario, CA) - Friday, October 17, 2008
Author: Will Bigham, Staff Writer
ONTARIO - A 44-year-old married father of six who teaches Sunday school at a Corona church is facing criminal charges of molesting a 12-year-old girl in 2003.
Prosecutors say John Calvin Savage taught the girl in Sunday school at Grace Baptist Church and touched her inappropriately when she visited his Ontario home to do chores.
Savage was arrested Wednesday and was being held at West Valley Detention Center in Rancho Cucamonga in lieu of $500,000 bail.
He is scheduled to be arraigned Monday.
Prosecutors charged Savage with two felony counts of committing a lewd or lascivious act on a child under 14 years old. He faces a maximum prison sentence of 16 years.
Ontario police began investigating Savage after allegations of abuse came to light in August.
Savage was accused of inappropriately touching a 16-year-old female Chinese exchange student living at his home, Deputy District Attorney Jason Anderson said.
While investigating that claim, police re-examined the abuse report from 2003, Anderson said.
Police searched Savage 's home and found a diary that included passages written by Savage about his sexual feelings for children, Anderson said.
Anderson said the girl who said Savage molested her in 2003 told police that Savage touched her inappropriately during and after a car ride from the Corona church to his Ontario home.
The girl told police she protested the touching at the time, Anderson said.
She was recently re-interviewed by police, and her statement was consistent with her statements from 2003, Anderson said.
Anderson said police intend to file charges in connection with this year's allegations involving the exchange student.
Police are trying to locate the exchange student, who has returned to China.
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