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Posted: May 1, 2009
Updated: May 2, 2009

Pastor charged with raping church member

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Joseph Ragland, pastor charged with rape

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Joseph Ragland, pastor charged with rape

Angier, N.C. — Johnston County deputies have charged the pastor of an Angier church with raping a 16-year-old member of his church.

Joseph Kennedy Ragland, pastor of Church of God in Jesus Christ, was charged with second-degree rape, second-degree sex offense and sex offense in a parental role. He has been released on bond.

The alleged victim spent the night at Ragland's home on April 11 after he told her parents she needed counseling, authorities said.

Ragland gave the girl some beer and forced her to have sex three times, authorities said.

A probable cause hearing was set for May 21.

RELATED TOPICS: Johnston County

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"Point 1: if WRAL has published my 2nd comment, you people would've realized it was sarcasm. which you still haven't. and if my comments made it past the WRAL censors in the 1st place, they couldn't have been that terrible. keep believing that your opinion is the only one that matters." -- dta27615

Did you have a second point?

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PraiseToHim
May 1, 2009 6:38 p.m.
Point 1: if WRAL has published my 2nd comment, you people would've realized it was sarcasm. which you still haven't. and if my comments made it past the WRAL censors in the 1st place, they couldn't have been that terrible. keep believing that your opinion is the only one that matters.
dta27615
May 1, 2009 6:15 p.m.
DTA according to your logic all people who play football are dog killers, murders, rapists, etc. I mean high profile football players have committed these crimes so haven't they all? I have always said if a person has a weak point then they just attack others without logic.
Click to view my profile jlh4jdj
May 1, 2009 5:59 p.m.
This guy is a predator. He has been a predator. This predator crawled into a pen with sheep so he can have his appetite feed. Since when do you have a female child stay in the same house as a grown man without supervision?
annemarek
May 1, 2009 5:52 p.m.
http://webapps6.doc.state.nc.us/opi/viewoffender.do?method=view&offenderID=0334570&obscure=N&listpage=1&listurl=pagelistoffendersearchresults&searchLastName=ragland&searchFirstName=joseph

Here is his record and maybe we should ALL look up our pastors here.
Click to view my profile TeresaBee
May 1, 2009 5:51 p.m.
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