GALLATIN, Tenn. (AP) - A Tennessee pastor says a former student ministry intern has been charged with statutory rape.
The Tennessean reports Long Hollow Baptist Church Pastor Robby Gallaty released a statement on the arrest and allegation Sunday. He says the former intern was arrested last week. He says the abuse appears to have happened last summer during the intern’s 10-week service at the church’s Gallatin campus.
The church believes the incident didn’t happen on its property.
He says a student pastor heard about the abuse in December and notified Gallatin police. Gallaty says the intern misused “their position of influence with a student.”
Authorities didn’t immediately release the former intern’s identity or age. The Sumner County Sheriff’s Department is handling the case. The newspaper says law enforcement agencies weren’t immediately available for comment.
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Information from: The Tennessean, http://www.tennessean.com
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