Youth Minister Sentenced For Sex Abuse Of Teen At Church

ROCKVILLE (MD)
Rockville Patch

April 5, 2018

By Cameron Luttrell

A former youth minister​​ at St. Elizabeth Catholic Church in Rockville was sentenced to prison for the sex abuse of a teen in his program.

A former youth minister of a teen group at a Rockville church was convicted Wednesday for the sexual assault of a 16-year-old girl in his program. Brian Patrick Werth, 34, worked at St. Elizabeth Catholic Church on Montrose Road and was sentenced to three years in prison.

Montgomery County Police said Werth had “inappropriate contact” with the victim during a youth event at the church on or about May 20.

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