Crime & Safety
Ex-Pastor Pleads Not Guilty to Charges He Sexually Abused Teen Girl at Church
Pastor Samuel Kee had confessed to a crime recently at the Deerfield police station.
A former pastor in Deerfield pleaded not guilty to charges of criminal sexual abuse just weeks after he showed up at the police station unexpectedly to confess to the crime.
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Pastor Samuel Kee, 39, who recently resigned from his post at the North Suburban Evangelical Free Church, made the plea Wednesday in Lake County court, according to the Lake County News-Sun.
The inappropriate relationship allegedly involved a 16-year-old girl who is a member of the church.
Kee is free from custody after posting 10 percent of a $300,000 bond.
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