Showing posts with label Kentucky. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kentucky. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Minister Sentenced to Prison For Sex Abuse With 15-Year-Old Boy

Original Story Posted: March 08, 2010

"A man of great faith who preaches the whole counsel of God," according to the Web site for Refuge Temple Church of God in Christ. 

A minister in Shelbyville, Kentucky had been sentenced for particular, questionable escapades after having sex with a 15-year-old boy. 

To top things off, the minister, James Bell, is HIV positive and admitted to knowing that he was infected, even during the act. 

Bell has been sentenced to 7 years in prison along with another 20 years registered as a sex offender. 

Formerly a minister at Refuge Temple Church of God in Christ in Shelbyville, the case stretches back two years ago and the boy, now 17, reported that he was sexually abused on