FLORIDA
Orlando Sentinel
Christal Hayes
Orlando Sentinel
A youth pastor was arrested Tuesday after Orange County sheriff’investigators said he raped and kidnapped a young girl.
Samuel Pierre, 35, works at Tabernacle of Prayer and Miracles International church on South Rio Grande Avenue.
The girl’s mother told police Samuel picked up her daughter, who is younger than 12, to go to the youth group in August. He was also supposed to pick up several other kids, an arrest report states.
Several months later, she confronted her daughter because “she had been acting different” ever since she went with Samuel, according to the report.
Deputies said the girl told her mother Samuel never picked up any other children and instead drove to a home where Samuel and his aunt live.
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