{"id":12664,"date":"2014-05-07T19:18:44","date_gmt":"2014-05-07T19:18:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/independentweekender.com\/?p=12664"},"modified":"2014-05-07T19:18:44","modified_gmt":"2014-05-07T19:18:44","slug":"charges-against-pastor-reduced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/2014\/05\/07\/charges-against-pastor-reduced\/","title":{"rendered":"Charges against pastor reduced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>BY STACI WILSON<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The indecent assault charged lodged against an ordained United Methodist minister was withdrawn Monday in New Milford District Court, Susquehanna County District Attorney Jason Legg said.<\/p>\n<p>Kenneth Bitler, 60, Meshoppen, now faces a single misdemeanor count of corruption of a minor stemming from an alleged April 2 incident in Harmony Twp.<\/p>\n<p>He waived his April 5 preliminary hearing in front of Magisterial District Judge Jodi Cordner.<\/p>\n<p>Bitler is accused of inappropriately touching a nine-year-old girl at an old church he owns on Brandt Rd.<\/p>\n<p>The church is used only for storage and does not have an active congregation, according to police.<\/p>\n<p>Bitler remains free on unsecured bail.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BY STACI WILSON The indecent assault charged lodged against an ordained United Methodist minister was withdrawn Monday in New Milford District Court, Susquehanna County District&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - 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