FLORIDA
WFTV
[with video]
SANFORD, Fla. – A Sanford rabbi was arrested Wednesday on charges he molested a 15-year-old girl over the course of two years before impregnating her earlier this year, investigators said.
The investigation into Lloyd Haughton, who is affiliated with the Synagogue Beth Israel on South Maple Avenue, started on March 31, when the girl told police about the alleged abuse.
Officers questioned Haughton, who denied the allegations, the Sanford Police Department said in a media release.
Less than a month later, the girl’s mother contacted police and told them that her daughter was pregnant and claimed Haughton was the father.
The girl terminated her pregnancy, but the Florida Department of Law Enforcement determined Wednesday that Haughton was the biological father of the fetus, investigators said.
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