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March 10, 2008
http://www.10tv.com/live/content/local/stories/2008/03/10/pastor.html?sid=102
DELAWARE, Ohio — A pastor posted bond and was ordered on house arrest after a teenager girl claimed that he raped her inside a church office last Thursday.
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According to prosecutors, a 15-year-old girl met pastor Brian Williams inside the Grace Brethren Church last week to discuss school grades, 10TV's Maureen Kocot reported.
The next day the girl told police that Williams had raped her.
Williams, 45, posted bond and was released from custody a short time after appearing in court. Neither he nor his lawyer spoke about the accusations, Kocot reported.
Williams helped found the Grace Brethren Church in Sunbury four years ago, Kocot reported.
He has no prior record.
The church's associate pastor told 10TV News that the church had little to say about the rape accusation.
"We really desire to make as little comment as we can," said pastor Jerry Funston. "We're very sorry that these things are taking place."
The case will move to a grand jury that will decide whether there is sufficient evidence to file formal charges.
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