WASHINGTON
Seattle PI
One of the pastors at Everett’s First Baptist Church was arrested Tuesday night after going to meet a teenage girl he thought would have sex with him, authorities said.
Instead, John K. Lawlor was arrested by Seattle police in an operation that included members of the vice unit.
Lawlor is suspected of expecting to pay for sex with who he thought was a teenage girl, police said. The planned meeting place was a short drive from Northgate Mall. He was charged Thursday with commercial sexual abuse of a minor.
The phony ad was placed by a detective on Feb. 8 and the pastor responded a short time later from a Gmail account, according to court documents. Police say a conversation about price and availability ensued.
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