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SHELBY COUNTY, Ala. (BP) — Former Chalkville pastor Kenneth Daniel was released from one jail and taken to another Feb. 27, where he was charged with four counts of sexual abuse of a child less than 12 years old.
Daniel was the pastor of First Baptist Church of Chalkville in Jefferson County.
He was arrested in October in Blount County on charges of facilitating solicitation of unlawful sexual conduct with a child.
Daniel remains in the Shelby County jail on $240,000 bond as of March 2. A hearing is set in Shelby County on March 22.
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