TEXAS
CW 39
[with video]
NOVEMBER 3, 2016, BY CIARA ROUEGE
MAGNOLIA, Texas — Investigators released disturbing details Friday in the alleged rape of a 16-year-old girl who claims she was forced into a sexual relationship with her pastor, and her mother gave her to the man fearing that if she didn’t, the teen would lose her soul, the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office said.
SWAT officers arrested pastor Ronald Wayne Mitchell, 56, at The Body of Christ Ministry around 7 p.m. Monday and charged him with sexual assault of a child. The church, which sits in the 40200 block of Garwood Court in Magnolia, doubles as the pastor’s home, court documents said.
Investigators said the victim was a member of Mitchell’s church and was sent to live there for at least 21 days at Mitchell’s request in November 2015. The teen’s mother tried to get her daughter back after the time period had passed, but the pastor refused and said “God would kill her.” The teen was forced to live with Mitchell’s wife, her sister and other church members, and was forced to have sex with the pastor on multiple occasions.
The teen girl said Mitchell would lock her in his dimly lit room and would play “old people music” when he was assaulting her.
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