Columbia church youth pastor charged with statutory sodomy, child porn

MISSOURI
ABC 17

COLUMBIA, Mo. –
A Boone County man was arrested Friday for sexually assaulting a girl multiple times, and having child pornography.

The assaults allegedly happened several times dating back to 2013. The victim was under 14 years old at the time.

42-year-old Dale Johnson turned himself in to the Boone Co. Sheriff’s Department late Friday afternoon.

Johnson is a youth pastor at a Columbia church.

Johnson is charged with two counts of first degree statutory sodomy and one count of possession of child pornography.

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