A SC pastor faces 12 counts of criminal sexual misconduct with a minor.

SOUTH CONGAREE, S.C. — A former pastor in South Congaree is being accused of sexually crimes against children.

Tuesday, the South Congaree Police Department arrested 56-year-old William Oswald on 12 counts of criminal sexual conduct with a minor.

Investigators say these crimes happened over a period of time between 1996-2001 when Oswald was a pastor at Dunn’s Chapel in South Congaree.

In the incident report, two victims claim Oswald molested them hundreds of times and threatened to kill them and loved ones if they told anyone.

South Congaree Police Chief Josh Shumpert said there is a possibility of other victims in other jurisdictions that are being looked into.

“The victims are claiming that there are some other allegations being made not in our jurisdiction," Shumpert says, "They were told to go to those agencies and file reports and let them look into those allegations.”

Oswald told Chief Shumpert that he was currently acting as an assistant pastor at a small church in Whitmire as well as working full time for a private ambulance service.

“Any crime like this is hard to talk about, especially for the victims," Shumpert says, "So we appreciate their courage in coming forward and bringing this to light. We were able to arrest somebody that they say was hurting them for a long time.”

Chief Shumpert says they have passed their paperwork to the solicitors office who will meet with them and the victims and take it from there.