SENECA (SC)
WYFF [Greenville, SC]
February 14, 2024
By Stephanie Moore
A pastor in South Carolina has been charged with prostitution, according to an arrest warrant and police.
William Martell Kannarney is charged with first-degree prostitution. He was arrested this week, according to Seneca Police.
The warrant said in October Kannarney either engaged in prostitution or aided or abetted prostitution knowingly at a location off Seneca Drive and Bypass 123 in Seneca.
Kannarney was listed as Senior Pastor at Blue Ridge View Baptist Church, in Pickens, in a February 2024 church bulletin. The church declined to comment to WYFF News 4.
The men listed below were also arrested as part of the investigation and are all charged with first-offense prostitution:
- Donald Edward Young
- Richard Walter Hudak
- Logan Michael Wojnarwksy
- Matthew Aaron Clement
- Brandon Bennett
- Taylor John Clark
- Christopher Michael Hancox
- Andrew Jared Satterfield