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The Daily Beast
Gideon Resnick
A Texas church is in the hot seat after hiring Kyle Adcock for their music ministry, despite the fact that he’s been charged with 29 counts of sexual abuse against a minor.
Kyle Adcock has been charged with 29 counts of sexual abuse of a minor and now he is gainfully employed at a Texas church.
Alabama court documents indicate that Adcock was charged with sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl while serving as a youth minister between 2010 and 2012. He now works at the First Baptist Church of Bedford in Bedford, Texas, where congregants are understandably quite concerned about having teenagers take classes there where Adcock is a temporary employee in the music ministry.
According to Pastor Steve Knott, the church does background checks before hiring their staffers, but a Google search reveals many mugshots of Adcock and articles about his alleged offenses. When reached for comment by Fox 4 News, Pastor Knott pointed out that Adcock has not yet been convicted of a crime. A trial date for Knox is set for later this year.
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