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A youth pastor at a Venice church has been charged with molesting a 14-year-old girl, and Los Angeles police are seeking the public's help in identifying other possible victims. Demetrius Darnell Allen, 28, of Granada Hills, has been charged with 10 counts of a lewd act on a child, one count of possession of child pornography and one count of contacting a minor for sexual offense. Allen is being held in lieu of $1 million bail. Prosecutors allege that Allen began a sexual relationship with the teenager while he was the youth pastor at the First Baptist Church in Venice.