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Associated Press - August 12, 2009
Fifty-eight-year-old Jere Michael Temple faces six counts of custodial sexual battery. He's also charged with having intercourse without disclosing HIV.
Police said the boy spent weekends at Temple's home over several months. The boy's mother called police Friday after he told her about his sexual relationship with Temple.
Neither the boy nor his mother knew Temple had HIV, but he has purportedly known more than eight years. The Ledger of Lakeland featured him in a March article on HIV and AIDS patients.
Karen Ducham, pastor of the Rainbow Promise Community Church, says the congregation is "in shock."
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