BENTON (KY)
WPSD Local 6 [Paducah, KY]
October 14, 2025
By Grace Boatright Jachim
Clarence Barry Hungerford was in Marshall County Circuit Court on Tuesday for a status hearing. Hungerford is charged with tampering with physical evidence and unlawful use of electronic means within the commonwealth to induce a minor to engage in sexual or other prohibited activity.
The charges came in late June after the Marshall County Sheriff’s Office received a report from the family of an 11-year-old girl that their pastor, Hungerford, had asked her for pictures of her body.
Through a brief investigation, the sheriff’s office determined that Hungerford had contacted the child, and upon his arrest, Hungerford admitted to destroying his cell phone in an attempt to prevent the contents of it from being accessed.
While Hungerford is a Mayfield resident, he was the pastor of a church in Aurora, and kept a part-time residence in Marshall County, which is where MCSO stated he was at the time of the request.
Because the discovery process of the case is ongoing, the case was continued to 8:30 a.m. on Dec. 9.