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Fox 8
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) –
New Orleans police arrested an Algiers man, who is also a pastor at Second Highway Baptist Church in Marrero, for aggravated rape of a child under 13.
Reverend Dr. Sherman Smith, 56, was booked into Orleans Parish Prison on Wednesday at 11:09 a.m. He faces charges of aggravated rape, sexual battery, molestation of a juvenile or person with a mental or physical disability, and two counts of incident behavior with a juvenile.
Smith was taken into custody in Algiers. The NOPD did not release other details of the case.
Smith appeared in magistrate court where his bond was set at $180,000, according to court documents. The court appointed a public defender as his attorney.
His church is located in the 1500 block of Haydel Drive. FOX 8 has reached out other church leaders for comment.
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