MARYLAND
Fox 5
ROCKVILLE, Md. – A Rockville youth minister is charged with sexual abuse of a minor after police say he had inappropriate sexual contact with a 16-year-old.
Police say 32 -year-old Brian Patrick Werth had been texting a 16-year-old female parishioner since the summer of 2014, but it was May 20 that Werth had inappropriate sexual contact with the girl.
Werth — a Montgomery Village resident and youth group minister at the St. Elizabeth Catholic Church in Rockville — began sending graphic and sexual texts to the 16-year-old in 2014.
Police say Werth had inappropriate sexual contact with the girl during a youth event at the church in May. Over the last two weeks investigators interviewed the victim, her parents, and gathered other evidence, according to Montgomery County police.
Police arrested Werth on Wednesday morning. He is charged with one count of fourth-degree sexual offense, one count of sexual abuse of a minor and second degree assault.
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