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	W. Tennessee Pastor Indicted on Rape Charges Associated Press, carried in WVLT October 13, 2007 http://www.volunteertv.com/home/headlines/10524347.html MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A former church pastor has been indicted on charges of rape and sexual battery by an authority figure. Former Walnut Grove Baptist Church pastor Steven Haney is accused of engaging in a five-year sexual affair with a church member that began when the boy was 15-years-old. The 47-year-old man was arrested in July and is free on a $25,000 bond. He stepped down as pastor of the church in November after serving 20 years. The boy, now 21, testified at a preliminary hearing in August that Haney told him the sexual relationship was "God's plan" and that having sex with him would help him fulfill his ambition to become a minister himself. The accuser says sexual encounters happened in the pastor's church office, at Haney's home and at Haney's mother's home.
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