Pastor Convicted Of Nine Counts Of Molestation

Virginia: A former York County youth pastor was convicted Thursday of nine felony charges related to multiple sexual encounters he had with two underage girls.

Jeremy "Jack" Ryan Duffer, a 40-year-old former youth pastor at Seaford Baptist Church, pleaded guilty in York-Poquoson Circuit Court to eight charges of aggravated sexual battery with a child between the ages of 13 and 17 and a single count of taking indecent liberties with a child. In return, nine additional charges of aggravated sexual battery were dropped by the prosecution.

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The charges stemmed from accusations that Duffer had multiple sexual encounters with two girls at unspecified locations in York County.