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(STMW) – A youth group leader at a north suburban Lake Villa church is charged with having sexual contact with two young girls he drove home from church.
Matthew J. Harder, 18, is a youth worship leader for the Chain of Lakes Community Bible Church, 43 W. Grass Lake Rd. in Lake Villa, Lake County Sheriff’s officers said in a release.
Harder, of the 1000 block of Barberry Lane in Round Lake Beach, was arrested Friday and charged with criminal sexual abus
e, criminal sexual assault and aggravated criminal sexual abuse, the release said.
The investigation began Jan. 25 after two girls told the church that Harder had sexual contact with each of them while driving them home from church on separate occasions, police claim.
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