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Tacoma Youth for Christ volunteer arrested for child rape
KOMO
TACOMA, Wash. - A 20-year-old middle school employee and Youth for Christ volunteer has been arrested for investigation of third-degree child rape after admitting to a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old girl, according to court documents. The suspect, identified as Adam Z. Parks, pleaded not guilty to all four counts of third degree child rape during his arraignment Wednesday in Pierce County Superior Court. He was ordered held on $100,000 bail. According to the case file, Parks met the girl years earlier and got to know her through his role as a volunteer with the Youth for Christ program at Gray Middle School in Tacoma, where he also worked as a lunchroom supervisor. Parks began counseling and texting the girl after a close relative of hers died, and the relationship became sexual shortly afterward, court documents show. At first Parks and the girl had naked FaceTime sessions on their iPhones. This progressed to touching and intimate physical contact before Youth Group meetings at a local church and also at art camp at another nearby church, according to the court file. The girl, who recently turned 15, finally told her pastor what was happening, and he in turn passed the information along to police, court documents say. Detectives interviewed Parks, and he admitted having sexual contact with the girl over a period of months while she was still 14 years old, according to the court file. Parks has since been placed on administrative leave by Gray Middle School. Parks' next court appearance is scheduled for Jan. 12 with a trial date of Feb. 23.
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