LOUISIANA
The Times-Picayune
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
By Claire Galofaro, The Times-Picayune
A 44-year-old minister who had a three-month sexual relationship with a 16-year-old girl has been convicted of two sex crimes by a St. Tammany Parish jury. Keith James Boyd, pastor of Open Door Apostolic Church in Slidell, was convicted Friday of carnal knowledge and indecent behavior with a juvenile.
His small church on the western fringe of the city was closed Monday afternoon and no one returned telephone messages inquiring about the conviction and about whether Boyd is still its pastor. But a sign remains tacked to the outside of the church reading: “Open Door Apostolic Church, Pastor Keith J. Boyd & Lady Kendra W. Boyd. Jesus Opens Doors That No Man Can Shut.”
Boyd reportedly met the teenager while visiting another church in St. Tammany Parish, according to the District Attorney’s Office. The pair exchanged some 2,000 text messages during their consensual sexual relationship that began in August 2010.
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