MONTGOMERY, AL (WSFA) - A former Montgomery church employee and author has been arrested on accusations of child abuse and sexual torture.

Dr. Barry Cook, 47 of Montgomery, was arrested Thursday on charges of Sexual Torture and Aggravated Child Abuse. He also has an outstanding warrant for Domestic Violence in the Third Degree.

Cook is listed as a leadership teacher and member of the Pastoral Staff at the Christian Life Church on Monticello Drive in Montgomery. On the church's website, Cook is listed as teaching the "Ordinary People, Extraordinary Power: God Still Speaks" class on Sunday mornings. According to Montgomery Child Protect spokesperson, Jannah Bailey, Cook was fired from the church earlier this week.

Due to the fact that the victim in this case is a minor, not many details are available for release.

Bailey did say the the victim is a 12-year-old boy who recently moved to this area with his family.

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As the temperatures rise so does the boat traffic on Lake Martin.

And with more traffic on the lake, so too is the importance of Alabama Marine Police increased

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Auburn University at Montgomery has been selected by the GIS Corps as one of four

universities across the U.S. to assist the Japanese government in processing and analyzing satellite images of Japan’s  

northeastern coastal cities before and after the recent earthquake and tsunami disasters.  

Collecting remote sensing data from the U.S. Geological Survey Hazards Data Distribution Center, Associate Professor

Terry Winemiller and students in AUM’s Geographic Information Systems (GIS) program are examining changes in the landscape

and creating maps for aid workers to use in recovery efforts.

      The project was activated by the International Charter on Space and Major Disasters.