The pastor of a Newport church is in jail on statutory rape and
sexual battery charges after police allege he raped a teenage girl in
the church.
Deputies were called to a home in Newport on Saturday
night after the girl told family members she had been raped by her
church pastor, James "Ronnie" Messer. The girl told police she rode with
Messer to the Crossway Worship Center in Newport. She said the two
entered the church and went into a room, where Messer began flirting
with her and asked her several times to take off her clothes, which she
initially refused to do. The girl said she felt scared and, at Messer's
direction, took off her clothes and laid on the floor, where Messer had
sex with her.
The girl then told police that she and Messer went
to the Hartford area to swim, but the water was too muddy and swift, so
Messer took her to an undisclosed location.
Police: Newport pastor arrested for raping teenage girl - WATE
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