OHIO
10TV
[with video]
By Glenn McEntyre
Monday February 23, 2015
Caledonia, Ohio – A church pastor and former substitute teacher is charged with sexually abusing a teenager. 32-year-old Corby Blanton is charged with five counts of unlawful sexual conduct with a minor. Investigators in Morrow County say it happened between 2008 and 2012, starting when the boy was 14-years-old.
Corby Blanton was in Morrow County Court Friday facing charges of sexually abusing a minor. Two days later, he was at Memorial United Methodist in Caledonia, leading service as if nothing were wrong.
“We hadn’t had church the Sunday before (because of weather), and he’d been sick the week before that, so he’d been out of the pulpit for two weeks,” said church member Andy Kazee. “And (he) expressed his joy in being back in front of us, and shared a wonderful message.”
Andy Kazee was among the congregation just learning Monday of the accusations.
“I needed to sit down it was such a surprise,” he said.
Blanton serves as Pastor at Memorial United Methodist in Caledonia, and is a Youth Pastor at First United Methodist in Shelby. He has also served as a substitute school teacher for Cardington Lincoln Local Schools.
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