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Pastor accused of sex crimes involving mentally incapacitated man
Tuesday, June 18th 2019
BLUEFIELD, W.Va. (AP) — Police said a West Virginia pastor has been charged with sex crimes involving a mentally incapacitated man.
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph reported a Mercer County grand jury indicted Anderson H. Martin II last week on charges of third-degree sexual assault and second-degree sexual abuse.
Bluefield Police Sgt. K.L. Adams told the newspaper that the victim is 25, but has the mental capacity of a 10- to 12-year-old.
Adams said Martin is the pastor at Greater Tabernacle of Faith Apostolic Church.
In a criminal complaint, Adams said Martin told police he was trying to tell the man how to wash himself and denied touching him.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XltuIRpBaLA
BISHOP ANDERSON H MARTIN PREACHING AT TABERNACLE OF FAITH BLUEFIELD WV
Pastor accused of sex crimes involving mentally incapacitated man
Tuesday, June 18th 2019
BLUEFIELD, W.Va. (AP) — Police said a West Virginia pastor has been charged with sex crimes involving a mentally incapacitated man.
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph reported a Mercer County grand jury indicted Anderson H. Martin II last week on charges of third-degree sexual assault and second-degree sexual abuse.
Bluefield Police Sgt. K.L. Adams told the newspaper that the victim is 25, but has the mental capacity of a 10- to 12-year-old.
Adams said Martin is the pastor at Greater Tabernacle of Faith Apostolic Church.
In a criminal complaint, Adams said Martin told police he was trying to tell the man how to wash himself and denied touching him.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XltuIRpBaLA
BISHOP ANDERSON H MARTIN PREACHING AT TABERNACLE OF FAITH BLUEFIELD WV