SOUTH CAROLINA
The State
BY EMILY BOHATCH
ebohatch@thestate.com
April 16, 2018
A former associate pastor at a Lexington church was arrested Thursday and charged with criminal sexual conduct, according to a statement from Lexington police.
Eduardo Elias Cornejo, 34 and a former pastor at Columbia First Seventh-Day Adventist Church, turned himself into police after a victim came forward earlier this year to report a sexual assault, according to the statement.
The female, who spoke with police Feb. 22, said Cornejo assaulted her in January 2017. She said Cornejo met with her and “used persuasion and physical force” to have sex with her, according to the statement.
The woman said she was very clear she didn’t want to have sex with Cornejo and repeatedly said no.
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