PENNSYLVANIA
WJAC
BY KATIE O’TOOLE WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12TH 2016
NEW PARIS – The former youth pastor of Faith Brethren Bible Church is facing indecent assault charges after he admitted to having a sexual relationship and impregnating a 15-year-old girl.
Jim Espenshade, senior pastor, said that Wesley Blackburn’s wife called him in tears, and told him about the affair, adding that the girl was now pregnant.
“(I feel) disappointed, betrayed, stabbed in the back. I have a 14-year-old granddaughter. When I heard what he did – upset is a good word for it,” Espenshade said.
Espenshade said Blackburn told his wife he did not love her anymore, and wanted a divorce.
“She said ‘I don’t know what to do,’ and I said ‘I do,'” he said.
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