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25 February 2016

Detective: Church worker used his position to pressure 16-year-old into sex

The church worker charged with the rape of a 16-year-old met his alleged victim when she was 10 and warned her that she would be banned from mission trips if she told anyone about their activities, a Lexington police detective testified Tuesday.
Tony Sasnett, 39, was the home Bible study director for Greater Faith Apostolic Church on Clays Mill Road in Lexington. As a result of his church role, police and the prosecution argued, Sasnett was in a position of “special trust” with the victim, but his attorney, Dan Carman, disputed that contention at Tuesday’s preliminary hearing before Fayette District Judge Kim Wilkie.

http://www.kentucky.com/news/local/counties/fayette-county/article61934297.html

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