FLORIDA
ABC Action News
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Michael Paluska, Camille Spencer
POLK COUNTY, Fla. – A Polk County church is in crisis mode, after their priest was arrested Tuesday and charged with soliciting oral sex from a male undercover detective.
Stephen Glenn Charest, 66, of Lake Wales is the pastor of Holy Spirit Catholic Church .
Members of the church said Father Glenn had a great personality and was a positive addition to the church.
According to the church’s Facebook page Fr. Glenn had just been appointed as their head priest on March 8.
The post said, “The community of Holy Spirit would like to say a heartfelt thank you that God has placed Fr. Glenn Charest in the midst of our lives. Through the past three years we’ve seen the dedication, care, pastoral support and love you have for people…so we say thank you Fr. Glenn for becoming our pastor.”
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