OKLAHOMA
Shawnee News-Star
By Kim Morava
Posted Jul. 30, 2015
A former Shawnee youth pastor was arrested and booked into jail Wednesday on complaints involving sex crimes.
Jail records at the Pottawatomie County Public Safety Center show Brian K. Burchfield, 42, is being held on complaints of soliciting sexual conduct with a minor by use of technology and violation of computer crimes act.
Formal charges have not been filed.
Burchfield’s online LinkedIn page shows he is a young adult pastor at Quail Springs Baptist Church in Edmond and that he was previously a youth pastor at Immanuel Baptist Church in Shawnee.
He was reported to be with Immanuel Baptist Church from June 2006 to April 2014.
The Shawnee church posted a statement on its website late Wednesday night.
“We are very saddened to hear of the allegations regarding Brian Burchfield, a former minister at our church,” it reads.
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