PITTSBURGH (PA)
CBS Pittsburgh
Harold Hayes
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A preacher accused of inappropriately touching a teenage male congregation member was in court Wednesday, but his attorney says whatever happened was between consenting adults.
Following the hearing, the defense attorney and a website reporter, who says he’s been tracking the case, got into a verbal exchange outside of the magistrate’s office in Munhall over whether the reporter had a relationship with the preacher.
Duane Youngblood was treated as a Bishop at the “Higher Call World Outreach Church” in Homestead and was charged with corrupting a minor earlier this month. He has a previous sex assault conviction.
Defense attorney Milton Raiford postponed Wednesday’s preliminary hearing for Youngblood. Raiford told reporters that church politics were behind the accusations and that the most recent sexual acts occurred when the alleged victim was over 18, contrary to the victim’s claims.
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