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By: Jennifer Jensen
Posted: Mar 17, 2017
DECATUR — A former Macon County pastor’s actions are coming to light. He’s is facing charges for sexually assaulting a young girl.
58 year old Jose Luis Aboytes was arrested yesterday in Decatur for seven counts of sexual abuse and assault of a young girl from his church. Those seven counts are for predatory and criminal sexual assault as well as aggravated criminal sexual abuse. Police say all of this happened to a young girl under the age of 13.
Aboytes use to be the pastor at the Palabra Miel hispanic church in Decatur. During his leadership, a 12 year old who attended the church reported that he sexually abused her multiple times over several months. Now he is being held behind bars.
Amanda Sheppard is a clinical counselor. She says, “In a lot of these cases, the perpetrator is someone the child knows and trusts. And unfortunately that’s why it goes on longer than you would hope.”
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