ONEIDA COUNTY, N.Y. -- A not guilty plea from an Oneida County pastor facing sex abuse charges.

Reverend William Procanick, 53, pleaded not guilty to first degree sex abuse and endangering the welfare of a child.

Police say Procanick touched a seven-year-old girl at his home in March. Procanick is free on $20,000 dollars bail.

He had been the pastor at the Resurrection Assembly of God in Clinton but resigned in April.