Bastrop Youth Minister Accused of Having Sex with Girl, 16

By Philip Jankowski
The American-Statesman
August 30, 2014

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sahiah Arellano

A Bastrop youth minister has been charged with three counts of sexual assault of a child after he was caught having sex with a 16-year-old girl, according to the Bastrop County Sheriff’s Office.

Isahiah Arellano, 25, was a youth minister with Faith Impact Fellowship in Bastrop County. Arellano had been staying with a family who had taken him in because he said he did not have any place to stay. One of the family members caught him having sex with the girl on April 29, the sheriff’s office said.

Arellano admitted to having sex with the girl and said it was their only sexual encounter. However, the girl said they had engaged in sexual intercourse three times in April, the sheriff’s office said.

Investigators reached out to the pastor of Faith Impact Fellowship and found no other outcries from parishioners who could be victims, the sheriff’s office said.