Local youth pastor charged with rape appears in court

KENTUCKY
WPSD

By Robert Bradfield

MCCRACKEN COUNTY, KY –
A McCracken County youth pastor charged with raping a teenager was in court on Wednesday.

McCracken County deputies arrested 44-year-old Michael Parsons Tuesday.

Parsons is a youth pastor at Milburn Chapel Cumberland Presbyterian Church.

He has 24 total charges, including two counts of third degree rape.

Deputies say the minister began a relationship with the girl in the spring of 2013 when she was 16.

It allegedly continued through 2014.

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