NEW YORK
Time Warner Cable News
By: Antoinette DelBel
Updated 10/03/2014
CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. — Churches are seen as a safe haven for many, but behind the walls of Hedstrom Baptist Church in Cheektowaga, police said there were some troubling incidents involving a then-12-year-old girl and 26-year-old man.
“It was something that’s very disturbing,” said Cheektowaga Assistant Police Chief Jim Speyer.
During the summer of 2013, Speyer said Caleb Sexton, 27, had sexual contact with the apparent victim. Police said the abuse went on for about four months in a secluded part of the church.
The girl eventually confided in her mother, which led to Sexton’s arrest last Friday.
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