PENNSYLVANIA
WPXI
PITTSBURGH — The pastor of a church in Homestead is facing charges for alleged sexual abuse, police said.
According to a criminal complaint, the unidentified 21-year-old victim claims Duane Youngblood, pastor of the Higher Call World Outreach church, molested him multiple times over a two-and-a-half year period when he was a teenager.
The victim told investigators that the alleged sexual abuse began when he started going to counseling with Youngblood at the age of 16, police said.
During the first counseling session at Youngblood’s church office, Youngblood allegedly took the victim to a back room and told him to pull down his pants. Youngblood then began touching the boy inappropri
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