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22 October 2016

Eugene priest arrested on charges of purchasing sex with juvenile prostitute, drug possession

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to reflect language in the charging document filed Thursday and to indicate that the defendant is expected to return to court on Oct. 20, instead of Oct. 17 as earlier reported.
A reverend at a Eugene Serbian Orthodox church who is also a community college instructor has been arrested on suspicion of purchasing sex with a juvenile prostitute on more than one occasion and allegedly using her to traffic cocaine, according to Eugene police and charging documents filed Thursday in Lane County Circuit Court.