Former midstate youth pastor charged with sexual assault
Charles Holt (Photo provided by the Berks County District Attorney’s Office)
(Reading) — A former midstate youth pastor has been arrested on charges he sexually assaulted a teenager on numerous occasions beginning in 2001.
The Berks County Detective’s Office said it was notified of the alleged abuse via a ChildLine tip in August.
The victim, now 34, said she was 16 when she joined the youth group at Reading Evangelical Free Church, where Charles Warren Holt was the youth pastor.
Prosecutors said the abuse started when the then 17-year-old victim began babysitting for Holt and his wife in 2001.
Holt allegedly assaulted the teenager in his Mohnton, Berks County home and vehicle numerous times before and after she turned 18.
Holt, now 51, is the president of The Factory Ministries in Paradise, Lancaster County.
He’s been charged with aggravated indecent assault, endangering the welfare of children, corruption of minors, and indecent assault.
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