SOUTH CAROLINA
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COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) –
A Columbia pastor has received additional charges following his arrest on criminal sexual conduct charges on Monday.
Walter C. Ballenger III, is now charged with two counts of second degree criminal sexual conduct on top of his third degree criminal sexual conduct charge, police said.
Columbia police received information about the possible misconduct on June 27.
Police have not said where the incident took place, if it may have happened multiple times or if more children might be involved.
Ballenger has been suspended from all ministerial duties, Grace United Methodist Church said in a statement.
“This suspension is for the protection of all parties,” the statement read.
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