The pastor at Avon Community Church is charged with third-degree criminal sexual conduct and turned himself in Monday afternoon at the Stearns County Law Enforcement Center. Prosecutors say 49-year-old Charles Pelkey had a sexual relationship in 2017 and 2018 with a parishioner during the course of ongoing religious and marital counseling sessions. Minnesota law prohibits such conduct, and states that consent by the victim is not a defense.