Arkansas teacher and church volunteer charged with s*xually assaulting a 15-year-old she groomed at church.

A week old but involving a woman-which is fairly unusual. I also was looking for information on whether the church was charged or not. In reading the entire story--it was not mentioned if the woman was monitored or not--she was moved to another position at the beginning of this horrible story.




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NEW: Arkansas teacher and church volunteer charged with s*xually assaulting a 15-year-old she groomed at church.

26-year-old Reagan Gray has been charged with felony assault of a teen.

The church was allegedly aware of the abuse and instead of calling the police, they assigned an “accountability partner” to Gray.

The accountability partner was the pastor’s wife. After the counseling sessions, Gray continued with the abuse.

Gray allegedly ‘only’ performed oral s*x on the boy because she wanted him to “stay pure.”

The accused pedoph*le was a teacher at Little Rock Christian Academy and was a member of student ministry at the church.

After the police finally got involved, Gray was a teacher at Sylvan Hills Middle School. She was then suspended.

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Arkansas teacher arrested after alleged sexual assault of minor while working as church volunteer
A 26-year-old Arkansas teacher has been arrested after she had an alleged sexual relationship with a minor while working as a volunteer at a Little Rock church.

https://www.thv11.com/article/news/crime/arkansas-teacher-arrested-alleged-sexual-assault-minor-church-volunteer/91-77ddae7b-fbcf-47e6-8843-51975740e3f9



Author: Chris Banks (KTHV)

Updated: 5:15 PM CDT April 19, 2024


LITTLE ROCK, Ark. .....................

The affidavit says that the minor's parents discovered text messages in the minor's cell phone in 2020 — the text thread was between the minor and Gray.

After making the discovery, the minor's parents reportedly told Gray to stop messaging the child. The parents then reported the text messages to the senior pastor of Immanuel Baptist Church.

The church's head pastor proceeded to ask Gray about the messages between she and the minor, to which she said that their relationship was not "physical." Gray was then removed from the student ministry and required to undergo counseling.

Shortly after being removed, Gray returned and began volunteering in the ministry once again.

The head pastor of Immanuel Baptist Church was interviewed in February of 2024 and shared that in Fall of 2023, Gray admitted to him during a counseling session that her relationship with the minor back in 2020 was sexual in nature.


Furthermore, the communication between Gray and the minor hadn't stopped, despite the initial confrontation by the minor's parents. Gray and the minor continued talking through Snapchat, according to the affidavit.

The minor underwent a Child and Adolescent Forensic Interview which was conducted by the FBI. During the interview, the minor shared that they had sexual contact with Gray, who was 23-years-old at the time of the incident. ..............................................................