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	Harnett Pastor Faces Charges in Nursing Home Misconduct Fayette Observer March 29, 2011 http://www.fayobserver.com/articles/2011/03/28/1082207?sac=Home DUNN - A Baptist minister from Harnett County has been charged with sexual misconduct. Benson police arrested 74-year-old Paul Burke Johnson last week on four counts of misdemeanor sexual battery. He was scheduled to appear in court Monday. It wasn't clear if he has a lawyer. Benson police reported that Johnson, a minister who visits patients at a Benson nursing home, had several encounters with a 64-year-old woman who has a diminished mental capacity. According to a statement released by Liberty Commons Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, a nurse at the facility noticed Johnson engaged in "inappropriate conduct" toward a resident in the facility. Officials at the facility detained Johnson until police arrived, administrator Jackie Livermore said in the statement. The facility is on N.C. 242 in Benson. She did not release further details about the incident, citing patient privacy laws. "We shall continue to cooperate fully with all authorities," Livermore said. "At Liberty Commons, we take all allegations of potential abuse very seriously." Johnson is pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in Dunn and is a member of the board of ministers at Campbell University Divinity School. University President Jerry Wallace said he had just learned of the allegations and was not ready to talk about them.
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