Mistrial declared in abuse case of pastor

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A Howard Circuit Court judge declared a mistrial Tuesday in the case of a Baltimore County pastor charged with sexually abusing an underage parishioner in three Columbia hotels.

“I reluctantly do so, but I do not believe this can be cured,” Judge Diane Leasure said.

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