ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — Rev. Bryan Fulwider, a former WMFE radio show cohost facing 30 counts of child sexual battery, was granted bond Friday.
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Fulwider, the former pastor at First Congregational Church of Christ in Winter Park, is accused of abusing an underage member of his congregation from 2005 to 2010.
A judge set bond at $700,000, Orange County Clerk of Courts spokesman Dain Weister confirmed. There was no word on whether Fulwider had bonded out.
The 59-year-old Altamonte Springs resident was being held without bond at the Orange County Jail. His attorney, Chris Kaigle, says his client is innocent.
Fulwider was a co-host on the faith-based WMFE radio show and podcast, "Friends Talking Faith." He also served as a member of the executive committee for the Interfaith Council of Central Florida.
At the bond hearing at the Orange County Courthouse on Thursday, Orange-Osceola Circuit Court Judge Elaine A. Barbour set a pretrial conference for November 27 but did not address bond pending the review of a 53-minute tape.