Former Texas youth minister Andy Savage admits to sexual assault of teen girl

HOUSTON (TX)
Houston Chronicle

January 7, 2018

By Heather Leighton

A former youth minister at a church in The Woodlands is admitting to sexually assaulting a teen in his youth group in 1998.

Andy Savage, currently a teaching pastor at Highpoint Church in Memphis, has admitted to sexually assaulting Jules Woodson. The abuse occured when she was a 17-year-old youth member at Savage’s former employer, The Woodlands Parkway Baptist Church, which is now known as Stonebridge Church.

In an open letter published on the blog Watch Keep, Woodson shared her story.

According to the woman’s open letter, the incident occurred while Savage was giving her a ride back to her mom’s house following a meeting at the church.

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