{"id":60256,"date":"2018-03-08T05:00:08","date_gmt":"2018-03-08T05:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=60256"},"modified":"2018-03-08T05:00:08","modified_gmt":"2018-03-08T05:00:08","slug":"pastor-indicted-on-47-charges-related-to-child-sex-abuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/pastor-indicted-on-47-charges-related-to-child-sex-abuse.html","title":{"rendered":"Pastor indicted on 47 charges related to child sex abuse"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Pastor indicted on 47 charges related to child sex abuse<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">A Tennessee pastor has been indicted on 47 charges related to sexual abuse of minors.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Tipton County Sheriff\u2019s Chief Deputy Billy Daugherty told WREG-TV in Memphis that 39-year-old Ronnie Gorton has been accused by three people, including one under the age of 13.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Gorton was indicted Monday and jailed Tuesday. He declined to answer questions from reporters as he entered jail.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">He is the former pastor of Awakening Church in Atoka.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Gorton faces one count of rape, 16 counts of statutory rape by an authority figure, 17 counts of sexual battery by an authority figure, five counts of aggravated sexual battery and several other charges.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Online jail records indicate Gorton remained in jail Wednesday night but didn\u2019t say whether he had a lawyer who could comment on the case.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Source:-\u00a0https:\/\/nypost.com\/2018\/03\/07\/pastor-indicted-on-47-charges-related-to-child-sex-abuse\/<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/pastor-indicted-on-47-charges-related-to-child-sex-abuse.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pastor indicted on 47 charges related to child sex abuse A Tennessee pastor has been indicted on 47 charges related to sexual abuse of minors. 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