Centerville pastor enticed girl to pray in sanctuary, then molested her, warrants say

GEORGIA
Telegraph

May 4, 2018

BY BECKY PURSER

A Centerville pastor faces new child molestation charges days before finishing a 35-day jail sentence for a misdemeanor sexual battery conviction against a 9-year-old girl.

Wiley Green Leverett, 58, preacher at Solid Rock Community Church, is charged with two counts of child molestation and one count each of sexual battery and enticing a child for indecent purposes. All the charges are felonies.

Leverett is accused of enticing a young girl into the church sanctuary to pray and then fondling her, according to arrest warrants. He’s also accused of inappropriately touching the girl’s private parts while he sat on a toilet in a church restroom.

“This is not a child that was involved in the previous case,” Houston County Assistant District Attorney Eric Edwards said.

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