COMSTOCK PARK, Mich. —

Editor's note/content warning: This story contains detailed victim testimony of alleged sexual abuse of minors.

A former Michigan youth pastor and traveling evangelist has been charged with multiple counts of child sexual abuse stemming from allegations that he abused at least seven boys while serving at a Maryland church in the late 2010s.

Thomas "Tommy" Pinkerton, who also served as treasurer and associate pastor at a Comstock Park church, was arrested in Georgia last month and extradited to Maryland to face 20 felony charges including child abuse, sexual assault and sexual offense charges related to incidents that allegedly occurred between 2006 and 2010 when he was youth pastor at Central Christian Church in Baltimore County.

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