LOUISIANA
The Times-Picayune
By Michelle Hunter, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
on November 12, 2015
New Orleans police arrested the pastor of a Marrero church accused of raping a child, WVUE-TV reported.
Reverend Dr. Sherman Smith, 56, of Algiers, was booked Wednesday (Nov. 11) with molestation of a juvenile or a person with a mental or physical disability, aggravated rape of a victim under the age of 13, sexual battery and two counts of indecent behavior with a juvenile.
Smith is a pastor at Second Highway Baptist Church, 1533 block of Haydel Drive, Marrero. NOPD has not released any other details about his arrest.
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