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Houston Chronicle
By Jay R. Jordan, jjordan@hcnonline.com Tuesday, November 15, 2016
Prosecutors filed additional child sexual assault charges against a Magnolia pastor accused of coercing a 16-year-old congregation member into sex on multiple occasions.
Body of Christ Church pastor Ronald Mitchell, 56, is now facing four second-degree felony counts of sexual assault of a child – one for every time prosecutors say Mitchell had sex with the underage girl over a four-month period from 2015 into 2016. He is facing up to 80 years in prison for those charges, but Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office detectives believe there could be more victims.
“As the investigation goes on in any type of case and you learn additional facts and get information from victims and witnesses, we’re able to potentially add additional charges as things progress,” Assistant District Attorney Tyler Dunman said. “We’ve had people come forward, and we’re still requesting people come forward with more information whether they’re victims or witnesses.”
Court documents show Mitchell had the girl staying with him at his church in the 40200 block of Garwood Court near Magnolia, telling the girl’s mother that she needed to be “watched” and have “more supervision.”
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