Megachurch Youth Pastor Charged With Child Rape

Memphis’s NBC affiliate reports:

A Bartlett man is behind bars indicted on rape charges. John Miller, a former youth volunteer at Hope Church, is charged with rape of a child—a class-A felony. According to the indictment, the crime allegedly occurred in 2006; the case was presented to a grand jury last month. Hope Church says all its volunteers must undergo repeated background checks yearly and that volunteers are never allowed to be one-on-one with students.

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John Miller, 48, former youth volunteer at Hope Church Memphis, has been charged with the rape of a child. His bond was set at 200k.https://t.co/5yjDnvLYIf pic.twitter.com/kWObctk7oi

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