WASHINGTON
The Seattle Times
By Christine Clarridge
Seattle Times staff reporter
One of the pastors at Everett’s First Baptist Church was charged Thursday in King County Superior Court with commercial sexual abuse of a minor for allegedly arranging to meet a teenage girl he expected to pay for sex, according to court documents.
John K. Lawlor, 54, was arrested Tuesday evening after police said he made arrangements to meet a person he believed was a 16-year-old girl and then drove to Seattle with $200, condoms and his cellphone.
Lawlor posted the $50,000 bond set at his first appearance Wednesday and is expected to be arraigned March 7, prosecutors said.
Lawlor could not be reached Thursday. A spokesman for the church said he had voluntarily tendered his resignation.
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