Former youth minister faces abuse charges

By Bob Allen
Associated Baptist Press
September 17, 2014

http://www.abpnews.com/culture/social-issues/item/29228-former-youth-minister-faces-abuse-charges

Kyle Adcock

By Bob Allen

A former Southern Baptist youth minister arrested Aug. 20 in Texas on a warrant has returned to Alabama to face charges of sexual abuse.

Charles “Kyle” Adcock, 31, appeared Sept. 12 in Colbert County District Court in Tuscumbia, Ala. He waived extradition from Frisco, Texas, and was transferred to Alabama on Wednesday, according to local media.

Adcock is charged with 22 counts of second-degree rape and nine counts of second-degree sodomy stemming from his time as youth minister at Woodward Avenue Baptist Church in Muscle Shoals, Ala.

Police say Adcock had an inappropriate sexual relationship with a girl in the church youth group between 2010 and 2012 beginning when she was 14. The alleged victim, now an adult, claims the incidents occurred at the church, Adcock’s home and a third location.

According to media reports, Adcock remains in jail on $500,000 bond. Both second-degree rape — which includes having sexual intercourse with a minor younger than 16 — and second-degree sodomy are Class B felonies, punishable by two-to-20 years in prison.

Adcock left Woodward Avenue Baptist Church before any of the current staff arrived. He worked as a financial adviser in Arkansas before recently moving to Texas. He is a graduate of Dallas Baptist University.