Assistant minister accused of sex assault of teen
Posted May 30, 2018 11:00 pm
An assistant minister at an Austin church has been charged with sexually assaulting a teenage member of his congregation, after the girl's grandmother told authorities she found the 45-year-old man hiding in the 16-year-old's bedroom closet.
Alfonzo Carter had baptized the alleged victim and taught several classes she took at Greater First Baptist Missionary Baptist Church, but he eventually began offering to teach the teenager about sex, Assistant Cook County State's Attorney Jacqueline Marquardt said at a bond hearing Wednesday at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse.
Carter's lawyer, Jeffry Mandell, said the father of eight children was prepared to fight the charges.
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