Clarion Ledger
October 18, 2011
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An April 2 trial date was set today for former Clinton music minister John Langworthy, who is accused of eight felony counts of gratification of lust that allegedly occurred between 1980 and 1984.
Langworthy pleaded not guilty during his arraignment in Hinds County Circuit Court before Circuit Judge Bill Gowan. Langworthy resigned as music minister at Morrison Heights Baptist Church in Clinton and also had been a Clinton High choir teacher.
The deadline for Langworthy to make a plea to the charges is March 19.
Langworthy, 49, the married father of two girls, is accused of befriending boys at two Jackson Baptist churches more than two decades ago, then sexually abusing them.
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