Associate pastor charged with criminal sexual conduct with 15-year-old boy
Tuesday, July 28 2009 @ 06:55 PM BST
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By Andy Paras The Post and Courier
An associate pastor at a Wadmalaw Island church is accused of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy.
A warrant charges Ronald Jones, 53, with criminal sexual conduct with a minor in the second degree.
The 15-year-old boy told a counselor at the Lowcountry's Children's Center that he was at a baby shower at Jones' home between Sept. 1 and Dec. 31, 2008 when the suspect invited him into his room to watch television, according to a Charleston County Sheriff's affidavit.
The affidavit says the suspect rubbed himself against the boy and asked the victim to perform a sexual act on him.
The U.S. Marshal's office picked up Jones Monday night, Maj. John Clark,said.
A magistrate set bail at $100,000.
Jones has multiple convictions for breach of trust and writing fraudulent checks.
Authorities say he often preached at the New Jerusalem AME Church on Wadmalaw Island.
Read more details in Thursday's editions of The Post and Courier.
Reach Andy Paras at 937-5589 or aparas@postandcourier.com
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