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	Wheels of Justice Stalled in Kanawha County? By Will Jones WSAZ Jul 15, 2008 http://www.wsaz.com/news/headlines/25485914.html [with video] CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- It has been ten months after a Kanawha County pastor was arrested and charged with sexually abusing teenage boys in the early 1990s. The case against Sandy Cook still has yet to go to trial. One man who claims he's a victim says a slow-moving court system is victimizing him all over again. David Mullins says he's not afraid or ashamed anymore to share his past of sexual abuse. He says it was at the hands of Pastor Sandy Cook eighteen years ago. "There's nothing he can do to me. I am not that 13 or 14 year old kid," David Mullins said. Mullins first told his story to investigators after Cook was charged in September 2007 with sexually abusing and sexually assaulting children in 1994. Pastor Mike Lewis says he was also one of those victims. "Started around 13. It happened for three and four years," Pastor Mike Lewis said. Now they say the case against Cook has stalled. "Why has it taken a year to get to the grand jury? Why is he so low on priority?" asked Mullins. He says what's so hard to understand is that Cook is out on bond and according to his bail agreement, he's still allowed to be around children. In some other sexual abuse cases, contact with minors is forbidden. "There is still that potential chance. Why not keep away from children? Why not keep him away from the victims?" said Mullins. Kanawha County Magistrate Joe Shelton stands by his decision not to forbid Cook from having contact with children. Shelton says Cook knows not to break any laws. The Kanawha County Prosecuting Attorney's Office says it can not comment on a pending case. Sandy Cook did not return our phone call. Contact: will.jones@wsaz.com
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