Former Church Youth Leader Charged With Child Sex Abuse

MARYLAND
CBS Baltimore

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A former church youth leader is behind bars, charged with child sex abuse. The victims are adults now and still attending the church.

Gigi Barnett explains police say there may be more victims.

Forty-nine-year-old Raymond Fernandez held several positions at Greater Grace Church in northeast Baltimore. One of them was as a youth leader in the late 1990s.

Last week, Baltimore County Police arrested and charged him with sexual child abuse of two teens. Police were tipped off to the alleged abuse when one of the victims came forward.

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