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	Conference Continued for Johnston Neosho Daily News April 24, 2007 http://www.neoshodailynews.com/articles/2007/04/24/news/04court.txt Pineville — A pre-trial conference has been continued for George Otis Johnston. Johnston, 64, the pastor of Grandview Valley Baptist Church in Granby, faces one Class A felony count of first degree child molestation in McDonald County. Johnston will appear for the hearing at 10 a.m. June 19 before Fortieth Circuit Court Judge Timothy Perigo. Johnston also faces 17 felony charges of child sexual abuse in Newton County. Trial on eight of those charges will begin May 22. Jurors will be selected in Cass County, Mo., then transported to Neosho, where they will be sequestered for the duration of the trial. Johnston is one of several area church leaders facing child sexual abuse charges. Johnston's nephew, Raymond Lambert, is the pastor of Grand Valley Independent Baptist Church near Powell. He faces a total of seven felony charges, including three Class C counts of second degree statutory sodomy and four Class D charges of second degree child molestation. Lambert's wife, Patty Lambert, and her sister-in-law, Laura Epling, each face a Class C felony count of second degree statutory sodomy. And Paul Epling, Patty Lambert's brother, faces a charge of rape dating back to 1977.
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