Bay Area Youth Pastor Arrested For Soliciting Underage Prostitute

A youth minister from the San Francisco Bay Area was arrested last week after he was caught in a prostitution sting in Orlando, Fla., authorities said.

Samuel Yoon, 45, arrived at a predetermined location on May 8 expecting to have sex with a 14-year-old girl but was instead arrested by undercover detectives, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.

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Police said Yoon, in town for a youth ministry conference, is a youth pastor at New Community Mission Church in San Leandro, Calif., and has no prior arrest history.

Yoon was charged with one count of traveling to meet a minor for sex, a second-degree felony, as well as soliciting and lewdness.

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