KINGSPORT, TN (WJHL) -A Kingsport pastor is now charged with stealing more than $60,000 from his church.
Sullivan County grand jurors indicted Victory Apostolic Church Pastor Boyd Holder this week on a charge of theft over $60,000 and money laundering. Prosecutors confirmed he was arrested and bonded out of jail.
The charge comes more than three months after Kingsport police opened an investigation.On February 6, investigators say several members of the congregation came to police with concerns over a substantial sum of money being missing from the church coffers. Congregants said the missing funds coincided with Holder's tenure as the pastor and primary financial agent of their church.
"My client is not guilty and our system of justice will prevail," Holder's attorney Rick Spivey said today.
[…]
Rest of story here.