St James pastor charged with rape of teen

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St James pastor charged with rape of teen

A pastor of an Apostolic church in Granville, St James, who is accused of raping one of his 15-year-old congregants, has been charged. Thirty-nine-year-old Jason Rose, who is also a processing clerk, was charged today by detectives assigned to...

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