{"id":58356,"date":"2026-10-05T01:37:48","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T05:37:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/?p=58356"},"modified":"2026-10-04T20:55:19","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T00:55:19","slug":"pastor-charged-with-sex-abuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/2026\/10\/05\/pastor-charged-with-sex-abuse\/","title":{"rendered":"Pastor Charged With Sex Abuse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"58357\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/2026\/10\/05\/pastor-charged-with-sex-abuse\/scott-c-hughes\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Scott-C.-Hughes.webp?fit=200%2C302&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"200,302\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Scott C. Hughes\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Scott-C.-Hughes.webp?fit=200%2C302&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Scott-C.-Hughes.webp?resize=125%2C125\" alt=\"\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-58357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Scott-C.-Hughes.webp?resize=125%2C125&amp;ssl=1 125w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Scott-C.-Hughes.webp?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 125px) 100vw, 125px\" \/><br \/>\nA Baptist pastor was arrested Thursday night at his Somerset home on charges involving alleged sexual offenses against minors, according to Pulaski County Sheriff Bobby Jones.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Scott C. Hughes, 54, pastor of Pleasant View Baptist Church in Waynesburg, was charged with second- and third-degree sodomy, first-degree sexual abuse and other offenses. He was lodged in the Pulaski County Detention Center on a $75,000 bond.<br \/>\nSource: NE<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Baptist pastor was arrested Thursday night at his Somerset home on charges involving alleged sexual offenses against minors, according to Pulaski County Sheriff Bobby Jones.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":58357,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[51,59],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-main-news","category-news","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6aKAp-fbe","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":true,"date":"2026-10-15 20:47:48","action":"category","newStatus":"draft","terms":[69],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Scott-C.-Hughes.webp?fit=200%2C302&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58356"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58356\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58358,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58356\/revisions\/58358"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}