Pastor arrested for allegedly Raping Teenager Inside Church
A Tennessee pastor James “Ronnie” Messer, 46 is being charged for allegedly raping a 17-year old girl in his church.
According to Fox News,
police says James and the girl were supposed to go swimming but
cancelled on getting there due to swift and muddy water. He later took
the girl to Crossway Worship Center where he allegedly raped her in a room opposite the men’s bathroom.
The teenager reported the case to her family who then called the cops leading to James’ arrest on Saturday.
Wate reports
that the teenager told the police she rode with James to the church and
that James began flirting with her. She said he later asked her to
remove her clothes, but she refused. She added that because she was
scared of him, she removed her clothes and lay down on the floor on his
directive, and then James allegedly raped her.
James, who is
married with children, told officers that they had sex but it was
consensual. He was then transferred to the Cocke County jail and was
released on bail on Tuesday.
James is facing charges of statutory rape, forcible rape and aggravated sexual battery by an authority figure.
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