Beckwith adviser's son gets public defender as church scandal grows
A dispatch from the courtroom where the son of a politically powerful preacher is facing four felony charges of child sex abuse and exploitation
ANDERSON, Ind. _ Jonathan Wesley Peternel, the son of one of the state’s most politically plugged in pastors, sat alone at the defense table in a weathered county courtroom last Friday, as he accepted a public defender as his counsel as he faces four felony counts…
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