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Ronnie Killingsworth denied allegations of child sexual abuse

A Wichita Falls pastor accused of sexually abusing three underage girls denied the allegations against him on Monday.

Ronnie Allen Killingsworth, pastor of Rephidim Church in Wichita Falls, represented his own defense. He testified that he never touched any of the girls and never had either of them alone in his office.

The 78-year-old said the only girls who have ever been in his office at church are his daughter and granddaughter.

He sometimes raised his voice when asked by prosecutor Bill Vasser what the girls, now adults, would gain if they made the allegations against him.

“I don’t know. “You’d have to ask her,” he said every time Vasser named a victim.

Earlier in the day, jurors heard a recording of an announcement Ronnie Killingsworth made to his community as charges were pending.