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	Judge Acquits Pastor in Molestation Case Columbia Daily Tribune June 19, 2009 http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/2009/jun/19/judge-acquits-pastor-in-molestation-case/ A Moberly pastor was acquitted Tuesday in Boone County Circuit Court on a charge of second-degree child molestation. James M. Wilson, 42, of Renick still faces a Sept. 14 trial in Randolph County on a kidnapping charge. Wilson, who is also the principal of Terrill Road Christian Academy in Moberly, was found not guilty by Associate Circuit Judge Larry Bryson on the molestation charge. Wilson's 16-year-old accuser told authorities Wilson took her in May 2008 from Moberly to a Columbia hotel, where she claimed that he fondled her. Boone County Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Andrew Scholz said Bryson determined certain aspects of the girl's testimony were not credible. Scholz said Randolph County prosecutors have indicated that the acquittal on the Boone County charge will have no bearing on the kidnapping charge. That charge also will be tried by a judge because Wilson has waived his right to a jury trial in Randolph County.
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