SOUTH CAROLINA
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BY BRADEN BUNCH bbunch@theitem.com
A young girl having the courage to come forward with her family in mid-May and tell police what happened to her prompted the month-long investigation ultimately leading to the arrest of a local minister on criminal sexual conduct charges, officials with the Sumter Police Department said Monday.
On Friday, Sumter law enforcement charged 58-year-old Larry DuRant, pastor of Word International Ministries on North Guignard Drive, with a total of eight various criminal sexual conduct charges, including two charges of criminal sexual conduct with a minor between the ages of 11 and 14. DuRant was released from the Sumter-Lee Regional Detention Center on Saturday afternoon after meeting a $120,000 bond set earlier in the day.
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