The not gay Pastor (image: CBS)
A Pittsburgh pastor has been accused of sexuality assaulting a teeneger. Duane Youngblood with the “Higher Call World Outreach Church” in Homestead was charged Saturday with corrupting a minor. Youngblood is also the author of a book, Freedom from Homosexuality: No Longer Living the Lie.
According to CBS Pittsburgh, the boy, now 21-years-old, told police Youngblood sexually abused him over a period of two-and-a-half years while Youngblood was supposed to be counseling him at the church. The assaults allegedly happened in the church office.
According to what the victim told police, the abuse began in 2009 and ended in 2011 when he was a freshman in college and told Youngblood he didn’t want to be counseled by him anymore. Youngblood allegedly asked the teen not to tell his mother “because he didn’t want to get into trouble.” According to neighbors, the pastor is married with multiple children.
According to nearby residents, the Higher Call World Outreach Church is owned by the Youngblood family.
The criminal complaint says Youngblood also showed a pornographic video on his computer to the victim.
In 2006 Youngblood was accused of molesting a 15-year-old boy whom he was also counseling.
He was subsequently sentenced to one year of intermediate punishment and seven years’ probation. Youngblood is a registered sex offender.
Wonkette pointed to his twitter timeline. One of his last tweets read, “Do it for Jesus this time!”
Do it for Jesus this time!
— Duane Youngblood (@DuaneYoungblood) July 10, 2014
His problem was never with being gay.
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