GREENWOOD, S.C. —

A former mayor and pastor in South Carolina is accused of inappropriate conduct with a vulnerable patient inside a hospital room.

Johnnie Waller, a former mayor of Calhoun Falls, is charged with third-degree criminal sexual conduct.

A release from the Greenwood Police Department said Waller is "a community member known to visit patients under a pastoral role."

Greenwood Police Department Johnnie Waller

Police said they were called to Self Regional Healthcare on Sept. 27 after a staff member reported seeing "a situation in a patient's room that prompted immediate concern and led to notification of security and law enforcement."

According to police, the staff member reported Waller was in a room of a long-term patient under the care of the Department of Social Servi

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