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  Sacramento Pastor Accused of Molesting Teen
Alleged Sexual Assault Occurred in Library Bathroom

KCRA
March 11, 2007

http://www.kcra.com/news/11222294/detail.html

Sacramento, Calif. — A Sacramento church pastor was arrested Friday, accused of sexually assaulting a teenage boy in a library bathroom.

Fredrick Drew, 34, of the Praise Tabernacle Church, was booked on charges of sexual assault on a child and false imprisonment.

Sacramento Police say a 13-year-old boy was assaulted on Thursday afternoon inside a bathroom at Martin Luther King Jr. Library on 24th Street.

A security guard at the library told KCRA 3 that the boy reported what happened right away.

"He was crying and he told me that a man tried to rape him inside the men's room," security guard Alfear Wright said.

Wright said the boy pointed out the man, and Wright tried to stop him. He got away, but not before Wright said he got a good look at the man and his car.

Police say based on that information they arrested Drew.

Outside Praise Tabernacle Church, one church member spoke to KCRA 3 about the allegations.

"It's unimaginable when you are professing to be a Christian and you're a pastor over a large congregation like that," church member Adrienne Henning said.

The allegations are under investigation. Anyone with information in this case should call the Sacramento Police Department.

 
 

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