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RIVERSIDE (CBSLA.com) — The former pastor of a Perris church was formally charged Thursday in the rape of a female congregation member.
Jerome Anthony Clay Sr., 41, of Perris was arrested in March after a young woman alleged she had been assaulted by the defendant.
Clay resigned as pastor of the Compassion Life Church at 190 E. 5th St. upon his arrest. He is scheduled for arraignment Friday at the Riverside Hall of Justice.
He is free on $110,000 bail, authorities said.
City News Service said they could not reach Clay for comment but that the church’s interim pastor, Jerry Vaughan, said he found the allegation of rape hard to believe.
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