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POSTED: 7:58 am EDT August 6, 2008 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Hundreds of pages document sexual conversations allegedly between a pastor and teenage church members conducted over cell phone text messages. Channel 4 obtained the court records in the criminal case against the Rev. Darrell Gilyard, former pastor of Shiloh Metropolitan Baptist Church, who is facing charges of lewd and lascivious conduct. The documents contain scores of text messages prosecutors said were sent to teenage girls from phones owned by Gilyard. Gilyard has pleaded not guilty to charges in connection with the graphic phone messages. olice say the case began last year when inappropriate text messages were found coming from Gilyard's phone. A supplemental police report said some of these text messages were documented in one of the accusers' personal journal.... [read full story]
