SOUTH CAROLINA
WLTX
Tony Santaella, WLTX July 14, 2015
Columbia, SC (WLTX) – Columbia police are accusing a Columbia pastor of inappropriately touching a girl.
Walter C. Ballenger III, 59, is charged with third degree criminal sexual conduct. Officers say Ballenger is a pastor at Grace United Methodist Church on Harbison Boulevard.
According to investigators, Ballenger touched the girl in a “sexual manner.” Officers were notified about the incident on June 27, and began their investigation. Ballenger was arrested on July 13.
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