UTAH
ABC 4
Marcos Ortiz
OGDEN Utah (ABC 4 Utah) – Police say a church choir director did more than make music for the ears. The choir director, Jose Zamarippa is now behind bars accused of having sexual relations with a 12 year old girl who police say was a member of his choir.
The 27-year old was a volunteer choir director at the Rios De Agua Vivo church on Grant Avenue in Ogden.
But over the past two months, investigators claim the relationship turned sexual “That relationship evolved into the exchange of sexually explicit text messages,” said Lt. Lane Findlay of the Weber County Sheriff’s Office. “There were some written notes that were also exchanged and also some nude photos that were exchanged.”
Authorities said Zamarippa who is now in jail had sexual relations with the 12 year old at her Washington Terrace home. The church’s pastor says there was no sign of trouble at his church before this happened.
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