KENTUCKY
Commonwealth Journal
Tuesday, October 14, 2014
BY CHRIS HARRIS
CORRECTION:
Rex Allen Murphy is a youth pastor at Polly Ann Church of God in Eubank.
A local youth pastor has been charged following accusations that he sexually abused a minor.
According to Colin Hatfield, Eubank Chief of Police, Rex Allen Murphy, 30, of Puncheon Creek Road, Eubank, was charged with first-degree sexual abuse, a Class D felony, use of a minor under 18 in a sexual performance, a Class C felony, and third-degree sodomy, a Class D felony.
Murphy was working as a youth pastor and Sunday School Teacher at Polly Ann Church of God in Eubank, said Hatfield.
Hatfield said that his department began the probe, along with the Department of Social Services, into possible sexual abuse occurring between the suspect and one of his students, a 16-year-old male.
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