GASTON COUNTY (NC)
Legal Herald
Oct. 9, 2019
At least 4 people have accused a music and youth pastor at North Belmont Church of God of sexual abuse.
North Belmont Church of God music and youth pastor Nicholas Martin was arrested on Saturday, October 5 for allegedly sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl. Since that initial arrest, another three accusers have come forward with similar allegations of sexual abuse.
Martin has been charged with several sex crime charges, including four counts of indecent liberties with a child, four counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, and one count of felonious indecent exposure to a minor.
Since his arrest, three other people have contacted the police and the district attorney’s office to report that Martin had also abused them.
Martin lived next to the North Belmont Church of God. In the first case, he is accused of giving the 14-year-old girl alcohol before abusing her multiple times. According to the authorities, the girl was abused several times between October 2018 and September 2019.
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