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By Sarah Offin and Melissa Ramsay Global News

CALGARY – Police have charged a Carstairs man with allegedly sexually assaulting two girls during his time as a pastor at a northwest Calgary Baptist church.

The charges date back to 1970, when Thomas Larry Jones was working as a religious leader and teacher.

Jones allegedly began abusing one victim in 1979 when she was five-years-old, and continued until she was 15.

It’s alleged he also abused another victim starting in 1986 when she was nine-years-old, and continued until she was 18.