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		</div><h6 class="p-name"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Ohio pastor accused of having sex with two minor girls, Monday pled guilty to sex trafficking involving minors</strong></span></h6>
<h6 class="p-name"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Kenneth Butler is one of three Toledo-area pastors accused of involvement in a child sex-trafficking scheme </strong></span></h6>
<h6 class="p-name"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Butler, 38, pled guilty to one count conspiracy to sex traffic children, two counts sex trafficking of children and one count obstruction of a sex trafficking investigation</strong></span></h6>
<h6 class="p-name"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Faces 17 1/2 years in prison</strong><strong> at sentencing, which is scheduled for September</strong></span></h6>
<h6 class="p-name"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Two other pastors, Anthony Haynes and Cordell Jenkins, have been indicted for their roles in the sex trafficking conspiracy, await trial<br />
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<h6 id="dateline" class="dateline"><span class="dateline__published"><time datetime="2018-05-15T01:26" aria-label="Today at one twenty six AM"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-293016" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Kenneth-Butler-1.jpg" alt="Kenneth Butler 1" width="1236" height="820" /></time></span><strong><span class="dateline__published"><span class="dateline__published"><time datetime="2018-05-15T01:26" aria-label="Today at one twenty six AM">Ohio based pastor, Kenneth Butler [in orange regulation uniform] was taken into custody as pled guilty to several charges in connection with him having sex with two underage girls.</time></span></span></strong></h6>
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<p>A pastor in Toledo Ohio, accused of having sex with two minor girls has pleaded guilty to several charges, according to federal prosecutors.<br />
Kenneth Butler, 38, is one of three Toledo-area pastors accused of involvement in a child sex-trafficking scheme.<br />
Butler is expected to spend 17 1/2 years in prison after pleading guilty Monday to one count of conspiracy to sex traffic children, two counts of sex trafficking of children and one count of obstruction of a sex trafficking investigation, prosecutors say.<br />
&#8220;This defendant has admitted to crimes that include preying on a foster child who was previously the victim of sexual abuse, and he committed these crimes in a house of worship,&#8221; U.S. Attorney Justin E. Herdman says in a news release. &#8220;Butler may hold himself out to the community as a pastor, but in the eyes of the law he is a criminal who pays money to sexually assault children.&#8221;<br />
According to prosecutors, Butler had sex with two female minors between 2015 and March 2017. In late 2015, Butler and Haynes had sex with one of the females in Haynes&#8217; office at the now-closed Greater Life Christian Center in Toledo, prosecutors say.<br />
In 2016, Butler gave the same girl a ride to a job interview, then brought her back to University Bible Fellowship church, where Haynes and Butler again had sex with the girl.<br />
Prosecutors list several other instances where Butler had sex with the underage girl, saying he once gave her $30 to have her hair done after having sex.<br />
Butler had sex with a second juvenile girl in 2016 at the Greater Life Christian Center and on other occasions, and at least once gave her $20. He told both girls to lie to federal investigators about the encounters, prosecutors say.<br />
Federal authorities say Butler was among three Toledo-area pastors who paid teen girls for sex over the past few years and shared photos and videos of the girls.<br />
Butler is scheduled to be sentenced in September.<br />
Two other pastors, Anthony Haynes and Cordell Jenkins, have been indicted for their roles in the sex trafficking conspiracy, remain in jail awaiting trial. Neither man has entered a guilty plea.</p>
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