Youth pastor facing sex abuse charge

EUBANK, Ky. (AP) — Police have charged a youth pastor in Pulaski County with sex abuse involving a juvenile.

Eubank Police Chief Colin Hatfield told The Commonwealth Journal (http://bit.ly/1wzKlGa) that 30-year-old Rex Allen Murphy is charged with first-degree sex abuse, third-degree sodomy and use of a minor in a sexual performance.

The Pulaski County jail’s website shows Murphy was booked into the facility early Tuesday. It did not list an attorney for him.

The newspaper reported the Murphy is a youth pastor at Polly Ann Church of God in Eubank.

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Information from: Commonwealth Journal, http://www.somerset-kentucky.com

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