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	Youth Pastor Arrested on Sex Charge St. Louis Post-Dispatch August 1, 2008 http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/illinoisnews/story/B8CAF58D5A9C6E2C86257498000E6067?OpenDocument A youth pastor and auxiliary East St. Louis police officer has been charged with sexually assaulting an 8-year-old girl, court records show. The pastor — Terrence Jenkins, 36, of Alorton — was charged last week with predatory criminal sexual abuse against a child, records show. He is being held in the St. Clair County Jail under a $250,000 bond. The crime allegedly happened in December in East St. Louis, where Jenkins served as an auxiliary police officer, according to East St. Louis Police Chief Michael Baxton. Officials said that Jenkins was a youth pastor at the Faith United Baptist Church in O'Fallon, Ill. The church has more than 100 members; the victim and her mother are members of the church. Police have not said why it took since December to issue charges in the case. Jenkins was a well-known preacher who was part of the mayor's prayer breakfast on July 24, the day after he was charged in the case. Jenkins worked at the church for four years. The charges came to light after the 8-year-old girl's mother went to the East St. Louis Police Department to file a complaint in December.
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