A 58-year-old man is accused of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl in a church where he was a minister, Jefferson County authorities say.
Tyrone Banks, Sr., of Pleasant Grove, has been charged with rape by forcible compulsion and first degree sodomy. The rape charge is specifically for victims under the age of 15.
Banks was a friend of the victim's mother, but the sheriff's office wouldn't say how they knew each other or for how long.
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Deputies say this appears to be the first inappropriate contact Banks had with the girl. But when a child is abused, deputies say it's not just the physical trauma that is hard to overcome.
"The sexual abuse of a child is not just bad because of the physical trauma, but there is a violation of trust. If someone you trust has violated you as a child, whether it's a person of position, a family member or a trusted friend, that trust is lost and it has the potential to stay with the child for the rest of his or her life and it's just a horrible crime on so many levels," Edge said.
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