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	Second Young Woman Accuses Former Youth Minister of Abuse By Amy Rolph Seattle Post-Intelligencer [Redmond WA] June 13, 2007 http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/319662_pastor14.html Another young woman has come forward, saying she was raped by Brent Krum, a former youth minister with the now-defunct Summit View Community Church in Redmond. The additional charges were filed Wednesday. Krum, 37, is now facing three counts of third-degree child rape and three counts of third-degree child molestation. At his arraignment Wednesday morning, Krum pleaded not guilty and was released on his own recognizance. "Mr. Krum maintains his innocence," said his attorney, Gene Piculell. "We are going to proceed from here." The most recent woman to come forward told police she had sex with Krum more than 10 times, starting when she was 15 in 2004. She — and the other alleged victim — met Krum through the church's youth group, according to a detective's report. Both say they baby-sat Krum's three children before the sexual contact began. The second alleged victim said Krum knew the other girl's e-mail password and had been reading her personal messages about going to the police. "He had also seen her communications not only with her advocate, but with me, the detective, and was aware I was planning a search warrant of his house," Detective Patty Neorr said in her report. Redmond police Detective Brian Coats said there is no evidence to suggest Krum tried to evade the impending charges, and he was at his house when officers arrested him in March. Electronic correspondence on Krum's personal computer suggests that there may be one or two additional victims. Since newspaper stories reported that information Tuesday, there have been two or three tips about others who could have been victimized, Coats said. Coats added that he was surprised that Krum was released. "We would have liked to have seen him held on bail." Amy Rolph: amyrolph@seattlepi.com
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