SOUTH CAROLINA
WCNC
Dustin Wilson, WCNC December 4, 2015
ROCK HILL, S.C. — A Rock Hill pastor accused on inappropriately touching a young boy more than four years ago saw his day in court Friday in York County.
The prosecution and defense literally spent years preparing for a jury trial in the case of Johnny Cabe, but within the last few months a plea deal was struck.
Reverend Johnny Cabe stood before a judge and pleaded no contest to five counts of unlawfully practicing medicine. In 2010, while Pastor at Riverside Baptist Church, Cabe was accused of touching an 11-year-old boy’s private parts during a so-called medical exam. At that time Cabe faced charges of committing a lewd act with a child and contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
“Mr. Cabe, in his mind, did not do anything wrong with the medical exam. It’s part of his religion that there’s healing, he does have some training,” said B.J. Barrowclough, Cabe’s Defense Attorney
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