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Pastor Will Go to Trial on Sex Charges

Pastor Will Go to Trial on Sex Charges - Tuesday, February 10, 2009 at 11:25PM EST

ORWIGSBURG, SCHUYLKILL COUNTY- A Schuylkill County clergyman denies accusations of inappropriate contact with a teenage girl.
Pastor Alan Sienkiewicz said, "I did nothing. I raised that girl with the most nurturing admonition as the Lord Jesus Christ."

The most serious charges against Sienkiewicz were dropped, however he will still go to trial for indecent assault and corruption of minors. Investigators say it happened several times in 2007.

Sienkiewicz is the pastor of two churches in Butler Township, including Grace Baptist. Friends say he was helping raise the girl after her mother died.