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KENTUCKY: "A man who claims he can 'cure' gay people is facing charges he raped a teenage boy and threatened to kill him with his 'warlock powers' if he told. Kentucky police have arrested Polly Ann Church of God youth pastor Rex Allen Murphy after the 16-year-old male came forward to say he was being sexually abused. The abuse allegedly happened at the church and at the suspect's home... 'The victim stated that the suspect told him on numerous occasions that by brushing his skin or shaking his hand… he could tell his sins by the power he has. He comes from family of warlocks,' Hatfield told WKYT."

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TEXAS: "A Garland youth pastor was arrested Friday for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old, possession of child porn, and online solicitation of a minor, Sachse police say. Derek Hutter, 37, is a youth minister at South Garland Baptist Church and the alleged victim is a Sachse resident. The girl's parents first alerted police to the situation on Oct. 3 after they discovered an email from Hutter to their daughter asking her to perform and photograph herself performing sexually-explicit acts."

PENNSYLVANIA: "Detectives with the Allegheny County district attorney’s office Thursday arrested a church youth volunteer on child pornography charges, calling his collection of images and videos “one of the largest” the office has discovered. Andrew Mark Patterson, 45, of Monroeville, was arraigned at District Judge Jeffrey L. Herbst’s office on possession and dissemination of child pornography charges and a separate charge of child endangerment in relation to the state of his home."

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INDIANA: "A probable cause affidavit released to News 10 Friday detailed allegations against a former Vincennes Youth Pastor accused of engaging sexual acts with a minor. Derrick 'Duke' Hampsch, 34, was arrested in September and faces one formal charge of sexual misconduct with a minor. The probable cause listed three incidents in which the victim described taking part in sexual acts with Hampsch.... The alleged incidents took place in the fall of 2009 and again in April of 2010. The victim told police the first sexual encounter happened prior to the victim’s 14th birthday. 'He’s working as a minister of some sort at the church and became acquainted with this [minor] in that capacity,' said Knox County Prosecutor, John Sievers."