46-year-old pastor gets 10-year-old girl pregnant, police say

Raymond Vincent appears in front of Broward County judge

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. ā€“ When a 10-year-old girl ended up in the hospital with stomach pain, doctors learned she was pregnant.

Fort Lauderdale police detectives from the special victims unit met the girl at Broward Health Medical Center earlier this year.

The man accused of getting the pregnant, police said, was Raymond Vincent,Ā a youth pastor who used to live in Fort Lauderdale.

U.S. marshals tracked Vincent, 46, to Haiti. They flew him from Port-au-Prince and turned him over to the Fort Lauderdale Police Department. A Broward County judge denied his bond in court Saturday morning.

Vincent had been accused of molesting a child in 2011. Police said he offered a girl food to lure her into his apartment. The girl said he molested her several times.

On Friday, Vincent faced one count of sexual battery on a child and one count of lewd and lascivious conduct. But authorities believe he could have abused other children during his time as a youth pastor in South Florida.

Police were asking anyone with information to call Detective Elijah Thomas at 954-828-6093.


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