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A Minnesota man accused of sexual battery who formerly served as a Lutheran minister has resigned as a pastor, according to the Rev. Laura L. H. Barbins, bishop of the Northeastern Ohio Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, based in Cuyahoga Falls.
Steven P. Woyen, 46, is accused of engaging in sexual conduct with a minor who attended or was a member of First Lutheran Church of Strasburg when he was its pastor. The Tuscarawas County Grand Jury indicted him on three counts of sexual battery that allegedly occurred between 2008 and 2011. We became aware of allegations that former pastor Steven Woyen was accused of sexual misconduct with a minor while he was a pastor at First Lutheran Church in Strasburg, Barbins wrote in an email to The Times-Reporter. His bishop reported those allegations to the appropriate authorities here in Ohio and I and his bishop have cooperated fully with law enforcement.
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that her house was egged. The female requested a report be filed in case
any damage is done by the egg.
On Feb. 11, officers received a
call of a male possibly wishing to harm himself. Officers located the
male a short time later and found that he was not making any threats of
self harm.
On Feb. 12, officers spoke with a male who reported
receiving two letters from Ohio Job and Family Services. The letters
stated that two of his former employees had filed for unemployment benefits. The complainant informed officers that these two males had never been employed by him.
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