By Baptist Message staff
ALEXANDRIA, La. (LBM) — Shane Wiggins, pastor of Baldwin Baptist Mission Church, Baldwin, Louisiana, was arrested, April 9, on charges of rape and molestation.
Wiggins has been with the Baldwin congregation, a mission of Little Pass Baptist Church in Charenton, Louisiana, since March 2015.
According to the police department of Morgan City, Louisiana, Wiggins was arrested in Paris, Texas, and faces extradition.
The MCPD reported via Facebook, April 9, that Wiggins has been under investigation since December 17, 2024, when a mother of a child filed a complaint, accusing Wiggins of inappropriate behavior with the juvenile. Recently, unable to contact Wiggins at his residence or by phone, MCPD detectives suspected he had left the state. Police did not report why they believed Wiggins was in Paris, Texas, but that was where they focused their search in collaboration with the Lamar County Sheriff’s and Paris Police Departments. Wiggins was arrested while driving in Paris and is now detained in the Lamar County Jail in Paris.
