(EDITOR’S NOTE — Baptist Press will report every instance of sexual abuse related to Southern Baptist churches, entities, institutions or leaders of which they are made aware.) SYLVESTER, Ga. (BP) — Jerry Dan Heflin was arrested May 7 and charged with more than 60 felony counts, including child molestation, aggravated sodomy, sexual battery against a [...]Read More...

SYLVESTER, Ga. (BP) – Jerry Dan Heflin was arrested May 7 and charged with more than 60 felony counts, including child molestation, aggravated sodomy, sexual battery against a child and incest.

The charges stem from a 2016 incident, WALB News reported.

Heflin, 60, was a deacon at Unity Baptist Church in the South Georgia town of Sylvester.