NEW YORK
WIVB
By Elysia Rodriguez
Published: October 3, 2014
CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB) – A Lancaster man allegedly had sexual contact with a 12-year-old girl over a period of time in 2013 at the Hedstrom Baptist Church in Cheektowaga, where his father is the pastor.
Police say 27-year-old Caleb Sexton met the girl at the church in January 2012. The victim befriended Sexton on Facebook a year later, where they regularly chatted.
That summer, police say Sexton would meet the victim in a secluded part of the church and had sexual contact with her on multiple occasions. The encounters lasted until September 2013.
“They gravitate towards these positions of trust and, unfortunately, they betray their trust,” said Cheektowaga Police Asst. Chief James Speyer. “They’re preying on the weakest members of our society: our children.”
When the girl’s mother learned about the incidents in late August, she contacted police. Sexton was arrested September 26 following an in-depth investigation and charged with second degree criminal sexual act, second degree sexual abuse and endangering the welfare of a child.
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