ILLINOIS
Belleville News-Democrat
The Associated Press
June 27, 2014
CHICAGO — A 57-year-old Chicago man has been charged with abusing a boy for six years.
The Chicago Sun-Times reports that (http://bit.ly/1rI2dfY ) John Hays was arrested Thursday on charges of aggravated criminal sexual abuse. A judge on Friday set bond at $250,000.
Hays is accused of fondling the Chicago boy repeatedly from 2003 through 2009, beginning when the alleged victim was 8 years old. The victim is now 19, and reported the alleged abuse in May.
Prosecutors say Hays was a pastor and neighbor of the victim’s family.
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