FLORIDA
WFTV
[with video]
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — A former employee at an Apopka church is facing charges after a child came forward with allegations of abuse that date back a year.
Joseph Averitt, 33, is charged with sexual battery against a mentally challenged child.
The child told investigators the abuse started at church, where Averitt worked as a production manager.
According to a police affidavit, the first sexual encounter happened in a booth inside the sanctuary of the church last year.
That appears to be the same place where it ended, when a church minister called police to the church Wednesday to report the allegations.
In a matter of hours, deputies arrested Averitt.
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