WOODLAWN (MD)
WJZ
(WJZ/AP) Woodlawn, MD A second leader at a church near Woodlawn has been charged with sexually abusing a teenager.
Forty-four-year-old Gary Warfield of Gwynn Oak is accused of abusing a 17-year-old boy at the Redemption Christian Fellowship, where court papers say Warfield is a deacon. Charging documents say the alleged abuse began when the boy was 14 and continued until September.
Warfield, through his attorney, is denying the allegations.
Last month, a pastor at the church, Gerald Griffith of Bowie was charged with sexually abusing the boy and two other teenagers during counseling sessions.