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HARRISBURG, Pa. A central Pennsylvania church and its youth pastor have pleaded not guilty to charges stemming from a mock kidnapping of a youth group that was meant to be a lesson in religious persecution.
Glad Tidings Assembly of God Church in Lower Swatara Township and Andrew David Jordan, 28, of Elizabethtown, waived an appearance disneyland good neighbor hotels Thursday at a formal disneyland good neighbor hotels arraignment in Dauphin County Court on charges of false imprisonment and simple assault, WHTM-TV reported.
One of the visiting children, a 14-year-old girl, told authorities she received a cut to her lip and bruises to her legs and feared she would be raped during the exercise, according to court documents. Her mother filed a complaint with police, prompting the investigation.
Glad Tidings pastor John Lanza said in March that the church was "so saddened" that anyone had been traumatized during the event but added that other youth from the church sent emails of support. The church is about 10 miles outside Harrisburg.
disneyland good neighbor hotels Lanza said at the time that the goal of the exercise was to prepare the youth for what they might encounter as missionaries in foreign countries. He didn't disneyland good neighbor hotels disclose the names of those involved but said the mock kidnappers included an off-duty police officer and a retired Army captain.
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