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Ex-Youth Pastor at FL Megachurch Allegedly Molested Girl for Five Years

July 26, 2021 by Staff

(ChurchLeaders) Former pastor Jeffrey Bedwell, who’s being held in a Jacksonville, Fla., jail on a $500,000 bond, has been accused of grooming and molesting a girl from 2013 to 2018, starting when the victim was 12 and continuing until she was 17.

Bedwell, who was arrested July 8 and is scheduled to appear in court next week, faces charges of unlawful sexual activity, lewd and lascivious molestation of a minor between ages 12 and 16, lewd and lascivious sexual battery on a minor between ages 12 and 16, and transmitting harmful material to a child.

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