TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW)-- A preliminary hearing date is set for a former Topeka church leader charged with child sex crimes.
A January 3rd court date was set Wednesday for 20-year old Hugh Cranford.
Cranford faces two counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a child and lewd fondling.
He was in training to be a pastor and was a youth minister at Faith Lutheran Church in Topeka.
Cranford is free on $250,000 bond.