ALABAMA
Daily Mail (UK)

By SNEJANA FARBEROV

An Alabama pastor has been arrested on sex abuse charges for allegedly raping and sodomizing a young family member.

Sheriff Harris Huffman said William Best Jr. was charged with rape, sodomy and incest and was being held in the county jail, with his bond raised to $2million Thursday by a Selma judge.

Best, 47, server as a pastor of Living Waters Church in Valley Grande.

District Attorney Michael Jackson says the minister is accused of beginning a sexual relationship with a minor who was 14 and continuing it for three years.

He said the cleric is accused of abusing the minor at his home and at the church.