WASHINGTON (DC)
Washington Post
By Julie Zauzmer March 17
A D.C. police officer who was also a pastor was charged Monday with sexually abusing a teenager who attended the church that he led.
Darrell Best, 45, of Upper Marlboro was arrested in Largo at about 9 p.m. Monday, two days after the teen came forward to report the abuse, according to a D.C. police press release. Best was charged with first-degree sex abuse of a minor.
The police statement said that the victim, who is 16, told police that Best was her pastor at God-A Second Chance Ministry Church and that he abused her three times, starting in December. Police obtained a warrant for Best’s arrest the next day.
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