Oneonta youth minister facing multiple sex crime charges involving a child

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WBRC [Birmingham AL]

July 10, 2024

By Brady Talbert

A youth minister from Oneonta has been arrested and accused of multiple sex crimes involving a child, including rape, sodomy and human trafficking.

According to court records from Blount County, 39-year-old Terry Lewayne Murphree of Oneonta is facing one charge of rape, nine charges of clergy having sex with a child, one count of electronic solicitation of a child, one count human trafficking 1st degree, one count traveling to meet a child for sex, three counts of sexual abuse 1st degree, and one count sodomy 1st degree.

The details in the complaint accuse Murphree of having sexual relations with a 13-year-old girl.

Murphree was arrested and booked into the Blount County Correctional Facility late Tuesday night.

We’ll update this story with more details as they become available.

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