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Posted: 8:18 AM Feb 22, 2012
Pastor arrested for claims of sexual contact with 16-year-old
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Police arrested a pastor after claims that he had sexual contact with a 16-year-old girl.
The Sparta Police Department says on Monday, officers were contacted by the girl’s parent. The girl is from Texas, but was being home-schooled in Sparta. The parent believed that some inappropriate touching had been happening between her daughter and the girl’s pastor/teacher. Officers say in an interview, the girl admitted to having sexual contact on several occasions with 41-year-old James Monson at his Sparta home.
Monson is listed as the Pastor of the Gaining Ground Community Church in Sparta. Police say they arrested him Monday night and he was booked into the Monroe County Jail with Sex with Child Age 16 or Older and Sexual Exploitation by a Therapist.
Monson is expected to be in court on Wednesday. Police say the investigation into the allegations continue.
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