Sexual Assault Took Place In Vincennes Church

INDIANA
WBIW

Updated October 20, 2014

(VINCENNES) – A probable cause affidavit details allegations against a former Vincennes Youth Pastor accused of engaging sexual acts with a minor.

34-year-old Derrick “Duke” Hampsch was arrested in September and faces one formal charge of sexual misconduct with a minor.

The probable cause listed three incidents in which the victim described taking part in sexual acts with Hampsch.

WTHI reports that Hampsch was arrested September 19, after police received a report from a victim’s family member stating that Hampsch engaged in sex acts with the victim. The alleged incidents took place in the fall of 2009 and again in April of 2010. The victim, in the court document, told police the first sexual encounter happened prior to the victim’s 14th birthday.

In the 2009 incident, police state: “Duke grouped [the victim] in a sexual manner”. It was also stated the alleged incident took place inside a closet in the First Baptist Church, located in Vincennes.

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