PENNSYLVANIA
Butler Eagle
EAST BRADY, Clarion County — A former youth pastor at an East Brady church is accused of sexually assaulting a teenage girl in his charge.
New Bethlehem police on Monday arrested David T. Pesci, 24, of East Brady, alleging he kissed and fondled the teen, a member of his youth group at the East Brady First Baptist Church, on three occasions beginning last year.
District Judge Jeffrey Miller arraigned Pesci on three felony counts each of sexual assault by a volunteer or employee of a nonprofit organization and corruption of minors. He remains free on $10,000 bail.
In an e-mail statement this morning, the church said that Pesci resigned as youth pastor July 5.
At a church sleepover in early 2014, the teen recounted, Pesci kissed her in his home, which is the church parsonage.
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