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Family of former Hammond Baptist pastor Jack Schaap leave the Federal Courthouse in Hammond after Schaap's initial appearance before Judge Paul Cherry on Sept. 19. | Jeffrey D. Nicholls~Sun-Times Media
Pastor Jack Schaap of the First Baptist Church of Hammond. | Provided Photo~Sun-Times Media ptmet
Family of former Hammond Baptist pastor Jack Schaap leave the Federal Courthouse in Hammond after Schaap's initial appearance before Judge Paul Cherry on Sept. 19. | Jeffrey D. Nicholls~Sun-Times Media
Paul Stracci attorney for former Hammond Baptist pastor Jack Schaap reads a statement from Schaap after his initial appearance in Hammond Federal Court Wednesday afternoon. | Jeffrey D. Nicholls~Sun-Times Media
Paul Stracci, attorney. | Jeffrey D. Nicholls~Sun-Times Media
First Baptist Church Pastor Jack Schaap conducts services in 2006. | Post-Tribune file photo
The former minister of a Northwest Indiana megachurch plans to plead guilty to transporting a minor across state lines for sexual activity. Jack Schaap, formerly of First Baptist Church of Hammond, said in a statement he was making the plea to spare the teen girl …