ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Authorities say an Orlando area youth pastor is accused of kidnapping and raping a young girl.
Records show 35-year-old Samuel Pierre was arrested Tuesday and remains in the Orange County Jail. He's charged with sexual battery on a child under 12.
The girl's mother told Orange County Sheriff's investigators that Pierre picked up her daughter in August to attend a youth group at Tabernacle of Prayer and Miracles International Church. She says the girl started "acting different" after that night.
The Orlando Sentinel (http://bit.ly/2emhbfq ) reports the mom confronted the girl who told her Samuel took her to his house. At some point she says he took her into a bedroom and raped her. Afterward, he told her not to tell anyone.
Records don't indicate whether he's hired a lawyer.
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Information from: Orlando Sentinel, http://www.orlandosentinel.com/
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