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Southwest Virginia Today
Saturday, October 22, 2016
Accused of sexually abusing a teenage girl in August, a then Wythe County minister is facing two felonies.
Nathan Phillips, 59, of Austinville was indicted Monday on charges of aggravated sexual battery and object sexual penetration following an investigation by the Wythe County Sheriff’s Office.
Both allegations, which have an Aug. 13 offense date, involve the same teenage girl, according to the indictments.
Police said that Phillips was pastor at the Austinville Pentecostal Holiness Church when the allegations came to light but that he has since resigned.
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