Former Social Worker Arrested For Sexually Abusing Child

CALIFORNIA
NBC Los Angeles

By Michelle Valles and Kelly Goff

A former social worker and church worship leader is accused of sexually abusing a child over several years, and detectives believe there may be more victims.

Dexter Carl Pleasure, 51, of Rancho Cucamonga, was arrested Monday and charged with oral copulation of a child under the age of 10 and continual sexual abuse of a child under the age of 10.

Pleasure worked for more than 20 years as social worker with a private foster care agency, and had access to numerous children over the years, according to the Rancho Cucamonga Police Department.
Pleasure’s relationship with the known victim has not been disclosed.

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