UPDATE:: Three more people accuse former Florence pastor of sexual abuse
Three more people are accusing former Florence pastor John Martin of sexual abuse.
Martin was previously arrested, booked into the Lauderdale County Jail, and charged with four counts of sexual abuse of a child.
The latest allegations stem from Martin’s time in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Three people tell NBC affiliate WSMV that they were also abused by Martin when he was a youth pastor at Bellwood Baptist Church back in 2003.
An Alabama pastor is jailed on four felony charges of sexual abuse after his own church members reported him to the authorities.
John
Martin, a 41-year-old from Florence, is held in the Lauderdale County
jail with bail set at $60,000. Martin recently resigned after nine years
as the pastor of Lighthouse Baptist Church in Florence.
On
June 23, Martin resigned and admitted to church members that he had
inappropriate relationships with young men, said Angie Hamilton, an
assistant district attorney in Lauderdale County. Church members told
the authorities about the admission, and a criminal investigation began.
Alabama pastor jailed on sex abuse charges - al.com
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