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CHARLESTON — A suspended county magistrate is accused of sexually abusing children in his West Ashley neighborhood and planning to travel to Florida to molest and allegedly kill an infant with another man, according to a new filing from federal prosecutors.

James B. Gosnell Jr. , 68, is expected to be charged with first-degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor in state court after federal investigators searched his phone and found lengthy Telegram conversations he had with suspected pedophiles.

In those conversations, he allegedly admitted to abusing children in his care, traveling internationally to molest children and offering training to others, according to a Sept. 22 fil

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