© 2024 Blaze Media LLC. All rights reserved.
Police Seek 'Christian Mingle' Date Rape Victims -- Read the Disturbing Details

Police Seek 'Christian Mingle' Date Rape Victims -- Read the Disturbing Details

"We're looking to see if there are any other victims..."

LA MESA, Calif. (TheBlaze/AP) -- A Southern California man has been arrested on suspicion of raping a woman he met on a Christian dating website.

La Mesa police Lt. Matt Nicholass says 37-year-old Sean Banks, of Del Mar, was taken into custody Monday and booked for investigation of rape and residential burglary. The Navy veteran is accused of assaulting a woman in her La Mesa home last fall.

Police say the two first met on ChristianMingle.com and that the October assault occurred when they met in person for the first time.

Banks has plead not guilty to two counts of rape and was released on $500,000 bond. Authorities claim that he posed as "Rylan Butterwood" and "Rylan Harbough" on the Christian dating web site and they are looking into other potential aliases he used while traveling around the U.S. for work. It's unclear what he did for a living and police claim that he is currently unemployed.

"We're looking to see if there are any other victims ... who recognize him by his face, because they may not know his real name is Sean," Nicholass told ABC.

The case has thrust Christian Mingle, a web site that pledges to "Find God's match for you" into the spotlight, with the company releasing a statement and affirming its compliance with the investigation.

"In addition to having experts manually review all profile content and photos, we have developed several proprietary, automated tools to ensure the highest possible level of safety and privacy for our communities," the company said in a statement.

Want to leave a tip?

We answer to you. Help keep our content free of advertisers and big tech censorship by leaving a tip today.
Want to join the conversation?
Already a subscriber?