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	Church Shocked at Youth Pastor's Charges WOOD July 19, 2007 http://www.woodtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=6815412&nav=menu44_2 Battle Creek - A church community expressed shock Thursday night after learning the youth minister was charged with soliciting online to who he thought was a minor. Pastor Jim Gysel of the Chapel Hill United Methodist Church said Troy Deal, the man facing the allegations, is not the man he and the community have known for the past five years. Troy Deal was arrested Wednesday at his Battle Creek home. State investigators say he used a computer at the church to talk to minors online. Deal thought he was chatting with a 14-year-old girl when he asked for pornographic material and made inappropriate comments, but he was really talking to an undercover investigator. Pastor Gysel said no one at the church had any idea that Troy Deal was involved in that type of activity. Gysel describes Deal as a man of faith with a sense of humor who was devoted to his church, so the charges are difficult to handle. The other man facing similar charges is Richard Dehaan of Kalamazoo. Investigators say the Pfizer employee and part-time firefighter used his home computer to solicit a minor. Both men face 11 counts each. The Michigan Attorney General's office urges parents to check their children's buddy lists for the screen names "Czar-401" and "Marcus Barns", which Troy Deal was using.
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