Police say an Enola man used his job as church youth leader to sexually prey on a teenage girl

PENNSYLVANIA
The Patriot-News

BY MARY KLAUS AND DAN MILLER

A youth leader at a Lower Paxton Township church used his position to sexually prey on a teenage girl, township police said Sunday.

Police arrested Joshua Mitchell Markelwitz, 26, of South Enola Drive in Enola, on charges of sexual contact with the girl, now 15, since she was 12.

Lt. Gary R. Seefeldt said that the sexual contact occurred in the girl’s home, in Markelwitz’s car and at the church.

He listed the charges as rape of a child, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a child, aggravated indecent assault, indecent assault and related charges.

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