CA Baptist Youth Pastor Arrested On Child Sex Charges

Patch California reports:

A Banning church faculty member was behind bars Wednesday on suspicion of inappropriate acts with a child, police announced.

Nicholas Garrett Corl, 26, was being held in lieu of $1 million bail at Banning’s Larry D. Smith Correctional Facility. He was booked on suspicion of felony lewd and lascivious acts with a child under 14 years of age.

Corl, who has no documented convictions in Riverside County, has served at the church for two years and most recently held the title of Summit Youth Pastor. The Michigan transplant is married and played basketball for West Coast Baptist College.

Read the full article. Corl has deleted his social media accounts. At this writing, he and his wife remain featured on the church’s website.

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California baptist youth pastor, christian school teacher & coach, Nicholas Corl, has been arrested for sexual battery of a child on church property. pic.twitter.com/cLUmlMaEK3

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