Police: Man met sex abuse victim at church

PENNSYLVANIA
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Lower Paxton Township police have charged an Enola man with rape of a child among other charges following an investigation.

A 15-year-old township resident disclosed to police that Joshua Mitchell Markelwitz, 26, had sexual contact with her beginning when she was 12 years old.

Police said the incidents occurred at the accuser’s residence, at a township church where he was involved with youth programs, and in his car.

Court documents show that Markelwitz gave the girl rides to and from church and guitar practice.

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