MARYLAND
ABC 2
By: Cheryl Conner
UPDATE — Police have charged a former youth group leader with sexually abusing children who were members of the church, according to a release.
Raymond Fernandez, 49, of the unit block of Crosswall Court in Perry Hall, was charged Friday morning of abusing two children, police said.
Fernandez was a teacher and youth group leader at Greater Grace Church in Baltimore at the time of the alleged abuse.
“Recently, the victim came forward to report that Raymond Fernandez had sexually abused him in 1997,” according to the release. “The victim reported that the suspect was a church youth group leader, and that the victim had been abused during youth group functions and at the suspect’s home. Detectives also learned that the suspect had sexually abused a second victim associated with the church youth group in 1997.”
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