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WQAD
February 12, 2014, by Shellie Nelson
A former youth pastor pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual abuse involving a teenage girl.
Ryan McKelvey, 27, was charged after the alleged victim and her parents told police she had been sexually assaulted. McKelvey, a former youth pastor at Heritage Assembly of God Church in Des Moines, was identified as the suspect.
Investigators later discovered a second victim. Court records show both victims were minors under the age of 18.
McKelvey was charged August 7, 2013, with two counts of sexual exploitation by a counselor or therapist and two counts of third-degree sexual abuse.
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