Florida pastor loses job after arrest in prostitution sting
A northwest Florida pastor was arrested earlier this month as part of a prostitution sting.
Michael Steven Ward, of Molino, was arrested Jan. 3 after contacting an undercover officer and offering to pay for a sex act during an arranged meeting in Pensacola, authorities said.
Ward was charged with procuring for prostitution, a second-degree misdemeanor, and released later that same day on $500 bond.
He was dismissed from a leadership position at Atmore (Alabama) Apostolic Church, where he’d been pastor for several years, after his arrest.
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