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TexasTowelie

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Fri Nov 5, 2021, 01:08 AM Nov 2021

Lead pastor at Virginia Beach's Rock Church steps down after being charged with soliciting sex with

Lead pastor at Virginia Beach’s Rock Church steps down after being charged with soliciting sex with minor


A day after news broke that the lead pastor of Virginia Beach’s Rock Church had been charged with soliciting sex from an underage girl, the church announced he will step away from all ministerial duties until the case is resolved.

The statement was released Wednesday morning, five days after Pastor John Blanchard was arrested in a sting operation in Chesterfield County.

Police said the operation targeted 17 men who’d been communicating online with someone they believed was a teenage girl but was actually a police officer.

When the men went to meet the girl at a motel room for sex, they were greeted instead by several police officers, said Mike Louth, a major with the Chesterfield County Police Department.

Read more: https://www.pilotonline.com/news/crime/vp-nw-rock-church-pastor-20211103-6uhzydcwivfsrkve2a7pvoafla-story.html
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Lead pastor at Virginia Beach's Rock Church steps down after being charged with soliciting sex with (Original Post) TexasTowelie Nov 2021 OP
To err is human; to forgive is Divine! dchill Nov 2021 #1
His wife will be one of the pastors taking his place left-of-center2012 Nov 2021 #2
I use to work at a deli down the street from this place. Ray Bruns Nov 2021 #3
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