NEW JERSEY
Patch

By Sean McCullen

A Bellmawr man was arrested Saturday and charged with sexually abusing a juvenile boy he met while serving as a “youth mentor” at a Barrington church, authorities announced on Sunday.

Samuel Bangs, 23, has been charged with two counts of criminal sexual contact and single counts of sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a child.

Authorities noted the Bangs was no longer a mentor to the victim at the time the alleged sexual assaults occurred.

The victim was identified in a statement issued Sunday by the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office as a juvenile male under the age of 16. He came forward to authorities with the allegations of sexual abuse on Friday.