SOUTH CAROLINA
WLTX
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Sumter, SC (WLTX) — Court documents are revealing addtional information about the claims being made against a Sumter preacher accused of sex assaults.
Police say 58-year-old Larry Durant, a pastor at Word International Ministries in Sumter, used his influence as a minister to get close to the victims.
“We want to make sure there’s no more victims out there,” Deputy Chief Alvin Holston with Sumter Police said.
“The manner in which he lured them in, we feel that at some level there’s a strong potential that there may be other victims we’re talking about a span of, right now, over two year,” Holston said. “It appeared that he may have had a routine on gaining the trust and the private company of some of the juveniles.”
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