NORTH CAROLINA
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Gaston County, NC– A former Gaston County pastor was denied bond after he pleaded not guilty to sexually abusing Haitian girls while running a ministry in Haiti.
Indictments read in federal court on Monday stated that Larry Michael Bollinger, 66 traveled to Haiti to engage in sexual conduct with a girl younger than 18 years old.
The indictment was handed up last week against Bollinger, but according to WBTV in Charlotte new information was released during the hearing today.
According to investigators, Bollinger was in Haiti working as the director of the Hope House, which provided food, shelter and schooling for Haitian children.
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