California Youth Pastor Arrested On Child Sex Charges

Santa Barbara’s ABC affiliate reports:

Former youth pastor Jeffery York, 53, at New Beginnings Community Church in Nipomo was arrested Wednesday for child molestation and sexual abuse over a three-year period, according to the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office.

SLO Sheriff’s arrested the 53-year-old from Portland following an investigation into York for child molestation of a male victim in Nipomo that occurred between 2005 and 2008.

York was arrested and booked in San Luis Obispo County Jail on two counts of oral sex by duress, lewd acts with a child under 14 with force, and other various charges. Bail is set at $400,000.

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