INDIANAPOLIS (IN)
The Indianapolis Star
February 15, 2018
By Ryan Martin
A former youth pastor used an Indianapolis church office to secretly meet and sexually abuse a 14-year-old girl, according to a federal indictment announced Thursday.
Federal authorities say the minister, 51-year-old Maurice Frazier, also threatened to retaliate against the girl if she reported him to police, according to a news release from U.S. Attorney Josh Minkler’s office.
Now he is facing federal charges of coercion and enticement, sexual exploitation of a child, six counts of receipt of child pornography, possession of child pornography and an offense by a registered sex offender, according to the release.
“When individuals abuse their position of trust to prey on children, they will feel the full force of the federal hammer,” Minkler said in a written statement.
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