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A former local youth pastor is charged with attempting to entice a 15-year-old boy online.
42-year-old Kris Allan Gowdy is charged with luring a child via computer and attempted aggravated sexual assault.
Investigators in Durham, Ontario, Canada believe Gowdy intended to have sex with the teen. Police say an undercover officer was posing as the teenage boy.
Police say Gowdy is also HIV positive.
Gowdy previously served as a youth pastor in Rochester. Gowdy currently lives in Canada, where he works as a youth pastor with a church about 40 miles outside Toronto.
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