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Boro youth pastor charged with molestation
Merrywood minister faces three charges in incident with 14-year-old
W POPE DOUGLAS RANDALL
Douglas Randall Pope
The youth pastor of Merrywood Baptist Church was arrested Tuesday by Statesboro police on child molestation charges. Douglas Randall Pope, 31, South Zetterower Avenue, is charged with three counts of enticing a child for indecent purposes and one count of child molestation. Additional charges are expected, said Statesboro Public Safety Director Wendell Turner.
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