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February 11, 2014, by Kelly Maricle
A former Des Moines youth pastor will go to trial Wednesday on sexual abuse charges.
Twenty-seven-year-old Ryan McKelvey is charged with two counts of third degree sexual abuse and two counts of sexual exploitation by a counselor or therapist. He is a former youth pastor at Heritage Assembly of God Church.
He was charged and arrested in September of 2013 after a teenage girl and her parents went to Des Moines police, claiming the teen had been sexually assaulted by McKelvey. During their investigation, police discovered a second victim in the case.
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