Charleston Pastor Faces Prison Time in Sexual Abuse Case

WEST VIRGINIA
WSAZ

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) — A Kanawha County pastor has admitted to sexually abusing a little girl.

Johnnie Winnell pleaded guilty in the case Monday morning.

Winnell was arrested in April of last year after confessing to abusing a young girl.

He groped a girl three times while she was sleeping at his home in Elkview, according to investigators.

Investigators say the abuse happened during several years.

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