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10 Notable Clergy Sex Scandals in 2017

By Leonardo Blair, Senior Reporter FacebookTwitter

8. Brother R.G. Stair

Brother R.G. Stair, leader of the Overcomer Ministry in Walterboro, S.C., is seen in this undated public photo.
Brother R.G. Stair, leader of the Overcomer Ministry in Walterboro, S.C., is seen in this undated public photo. | (Photo: http://hlrinternational.tripod.com)

Controversial radio evangelist Ralph Gordon Stair, also known as Brother R.G. Stair, was arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl and touching the breast of a 12-year-old-girl in his church while the congregation watched.

The 84-year-old leader of the Overcomer Ministry in Walterboro South Carolina was arrested by the Colleton County Sheriff's Department in December and charged with three counts of criminal sexual conduct in the first degree, one count of assault with intent to commit criminal sexual conduct in the first degree, one count of kidnapping, one count of burglary in the first degree, one count of second-degree assault, and one count of third-degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor.

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