NORTH CAROLINA
WSPA
NEWTON, NC – Two assistant attorneys for North Carolina’s 25 District are no longer working there after an Associated Press investigation outlined potential cover ups of abuse allegations against the Word of Faith Fellowship Church in Spindale.
The news comes after District Attorney David Learner asked the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigations to investigate the allegations listed in the article.
“On Monday, March 6, The Associated Press released a story containing allegations against two Assistant District Attorneys employed by me in the 25th Judicial District. On Tuesday, March 7, I requested that the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) conduct a thorough and impartial investigation into The Associated Press allegations.”
The attorneys are Assistant District Attorney Frank Webster and Assistant District Attorney Chris Back.
Both men are ministers within the church, according to the Associated Press.
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