Youth Pastor Charged with Molestation; Police Seek More Victims, Los Angeles Times , August 11, 2011

Youth Pastor Charged with Molestation; Police Seek More Victims

Los Angeles Times
August 11, 2011

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/08/youth-pastor.html

A youth pastor at a Venice church has been charged with molesting a 14-year-old girl, and Los Angeles police are seeking the public's help in identifying other possible victims.

Demetrius Darnell Allen.

Untitled-1 Demetrius Darnell Allen, 28, of Granada Hills, has been charged with 10 counts of a lewd act on a child, one count of possession of child pornography and one count of contacting a minor for sexual offense. Allen is being held in lieu of $1 million bail.

Prosecutors allege that Allen began a sexual relationship with the teenager while he was the youth pastor at the First Baptist Church in Venice. The relationship lasted 14 months, beginning in March 2010 and ending in May of this year.

Police held a news conference Thursday morning at the LAPD's Devonshire Station to ask the public's help in identifying any other potential victims.