Detroit Pastor charged with sexual assualt

A pastor is expected to be arraigned today in 36th District Court on charges he sexually assaulted a teenaged member of the church. Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy has charged Timothy Jackson, 46, in an arrest warrant with six counts of first-degree criminal sexual assaults of a 13-year-old girl. The charges carry a maximum sentence of life in prison, according to prosecutors. Advertisement The alleged attacks occurred between 2009 and 2010 at Abundant Life Church, 437 Livernois in southwest Detroit, according to a press release. Jackson was pastor at the time of the alleged assaults. There also was a fire at the church on Aug. 6 that is believed to be suspicious and possibly linked to the alleged assaults, Detroit police said.
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