A youth pastor at a rural Pennsylvania church has been fired and arrested on statutory sexual assault charges after police said he admitted to impregnating a 15-year-old girl, according to the Associated Press. Police said the youth pastor, 35-year-old Wesley Blackburn, told his wife he was having an affair with the girl and that he wanted a divorce, the AP reported. Absolutely shocked,” Espenshade told WJAC News. How could he do this?”Blackburn’s wife told him she didn’t know what to do, Espenshade told the news station. “We didn’t even care what he had to say — we don’t tolerate this kind of stuff,” Espenshade told the station.

Source: Washington Post October 15, 2016 11:27 UTC