East St. Louis, IL (KTVI-FOX2Now.com)—
A Baptist minister charged with child abuse. The man is accused of fondling an eight-year-old child. Reverend Charles Moore of the United States Baptist church in the 1600 block of East St. Louis is charged with two counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse. He is 57 years old.FOX 2 news spoke with a detective working this case. He explained that he was arrested on Wednesday and is being held in jail in East St. Louis.
The abuse occoured at this time last year over several months. the victim in this case is nine years old now. She was eight years old at the time.
Detectives just now found out about it because the family just reported reported it. This is because the family apparently just found out about the abuse.
