A former pastor accused of having sex with a teenaged choir girl pleaded not guilty to rape today.

Joseph Jermaine Spencer, 26, was charged with rape by force or fear, unlawful intercourse with a minor at least three years younger than the defendant, oral copulation with a minor and sexual penetration with a foreign object.

The charges stem from an alleged encounter in April at Spencer's Murrieta apartment with a 16-year-old member of the choir he directed at Mountain View Community Church in Temecula.

To read about what allegedly happened, click here.

He sat in a courtroom in French Valley during his arraignment today wearing an orange prison uniform with his hands chained to his waist, ankles shackled and his head hung low.

The judge set his bail at $50,000, and a criminal protective order was filed to prevent Spencer from communicating with the victim.

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