A Lexington pastor was arrested and is facing sexual abuse and exploitation charges involving a minor.

According to an arrest citation, Zachary King consented to an interview with the Department of Criminal Investigations in Attorney General Russell Coleman’s Office, in which he stated that he had “engaged in a sexual relationship with a minor over the course of the last year and a half.”

The citation goes on to state that King told the investigator that he had “sexual intercourse with the minor starting at age 15 in January 2023, continuing until April 2024.”