A former member of a North Jacksonville church connected to a case involving more than 30 years of sexual abuse pleaded not guilty this morning to two counts of sexual battery.
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Police say the investigation into Dyal goes back more than 20 years and includes evidence for crimes they believe happened in the early 90s.While investigators were making the arrest of Dyal, additional warrants were being served in Oklahoma. Jerome Teschendorf, 68, who was arrested in Newalla, Oklahoma, and Williamson, who was arrested in Ardmore, Oklahoma, were extradited to Jacksonville.
Teschendorf is also affiliated with Dyal’s church and is also facing two counts of sexual battery on a child.“The investigation revealed both long-term sexual and physical abuse of minors in the church spanning a period of over thirty years,” the Sheriff’s Office said in its news release in March.JSO said that through the course of the investigation, the police “have identified and spoken to numerous victims and witnesses.
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