KANNAPOLIS, N.C. (AP) - The youth pastor in Kannapolis has been arrested and charged with having sex with a 13-year-old church member.
Multiple media outlets reported that 25-year-old Benjamin Ross Hollifield of Salisbury is charged with felony indecent liberties with a child and felony statutory rape or sex offense with a minor.
Hollifield was youth and outreach pastor at Piedmont Baptist Church.
The church said on its website that an employee was fired for abusing a child and violating the church’s trust and policies. The church’s statement said its senior pastor reported the case to police.
It was not clear if Hollifield has a lawyer.
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