ILLINOIS
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
By Paul Hampel phampel@post-dispatch.com 314-340-81042
SHILOH • A deacon at a Baptist church in Fairview Heights is accused of sexually abusing boys at his home in Shiloh.
Jeffrey Strait, 47, was charged Wednesday in St. Clair County Circuit Court with four counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse of minors.
Police said Strait is a deacon at the First Baptist Church of Fairview Heights.
The charges allege that Strait abused at least five children who were over 13 but under 17.
Strait met the boys through his work at the church with youth groups, police said.
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