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By Will E Sanders
Staff Writer
TROY – A resident pastor from Troy’s First United Methodist Church remains held at the Miami County Jail on a $100,000 bond related to sexual allegations involving a 15-year-old female parishioner.
Michael “Mic” D. Mohler, 26, of Troy, was arraigned in Miami County Municipal Court on Wednesday morning on a charge of sexual battery, a third-degree felony that carries a potential prison sentence of one to five years and sexual registration.
Authorities with the sheriff’s office said Mohler served as a youth pastor at the church and the church’s website listed his position as “resident pastor,” a post in which he no longer servces.
The sheriff’s office and the Troy Police Department jointly investigated the allegations of sexual abuse that allegedly involved Mohler and the underage female.
Rev. David Leckrone, head pastor at First United Methodist Church, issued a written statement Wednesday afternoon and stated church officials are taking the “allegations extremely seriously.”
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