FORT DODGE, Iowa - A man has pleaded not guilty to allegations that he beat a pastor to death outside a central Iowa church. Officers sent to St. Paul Lutheran Church in Fort Dodge on Oct. 2 found the Rev. Police say security footage shows a man who officers identified as Pendleton trying to get into the building. Police say Pendleton later acknowledged to investigators that he had fought with a man at the church. The 64-year-old Henderson was senior pastor at St. Paul and had served as a chaplain to area first responders.

Source: thestar October 21, 2019 17:03 UTC