MARYLAND
ABC 7
ROCKVILLE, Md. (ABC7) — A youth minister in Rockville was arrested and charged with sexual offenses involving a minor on Wednesday morning and police in Montgomery County suspect there may be more victims.
According to police, Brian Patrick Werth, 32, allegedly had inappropriate sexual contact with a 16-year-old female parishioner during a youth event at St. Elizabeth Catholic Church on May 20.
Detectives were notified of the incident in late August by Child Protective Services and following interviews with the victim and her parents, they gathered evidence in order to issue a warrant for Werth’s arrest in the last two weeks.
During the investigation, detectives discovered Werth had been sending graphic and sexually explicit text messages to the victim since summer 2014.
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