Youth Minister Charged with Sexual Contact with Minor

CBS Chicago
July 4, 2013

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Chad Coe. (Credit: Kane County State’s Attorney’s office)

A youth minister at a West Dundee church has been charged with having sexual contact with a minor, according to a release from the Kane County State’s Attorney’s office.

Chad A. Coe, 31, of the 500 block of Dundee Avenue, Elgin, has been charged with one count of criminal sexual assault and one count of aggravated criminal sexual abuse.

Coe is the Director of Youth Ministry at First Congregational Church of Dundee and had sexual contact with a minor at the church between June 10 and June 14, 2013.

The authorities investigated Coe after they were contacted by the victim’s mother. Coe was taken into custody Tuesday night and is expected to appear in bond court on Thursday.

Coe could receive between four and 15 years in prison if convicted.