A 24-year-old man was charged with sexually assaulting two minors from a York congregation, police say.
Police: Former deacon in York had sex with minors
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York, PA -
A former deacon is being held in York County Prison on charges of sexually assaulting two minors from a York congregation, police said.
Carlos Enrique Ramirez-Nova, 24, was working as a deacon for an unknown amount of time, police said, when he assaulted the girls earlier this year. The girls and their families were members of the church, police said.
Sometime after the assaults, he had moved to Florida, but returned when police began their investigation, charging documents state.
York City Police Detective Dana Ward and charging documents did not release the name of the church.
"We don't want people to think it's a bad place," Ward said.
Ramirez-Nova sexually assaulted a 14-year-old
girl when he was 23, charging documents state. He had attended the girl's 14th birthday party, police said, and secretly began flirting with her.
During the month of June, documents state, Ramirez-Nova had sexual contact with the 14-year-old eight or nine times in his apartment in the 100 block of South Pershing Avenue, the minor's home and in his car in different areas of York.
Police said the family learned of the assaults and confronted Ramirez-Nova, who admitted to having sex with the girl.
On Sept. 10, he spoke with York City Police and admitted to the assaults, court documents state.
In a separate complaint, police said Ramirez-Nova sexually assaulted a 13-year-old girl May 22 in his minivan.
On that date, documents
state, he drove his van to Philadelphia to visit a sick member of the church. Several church members went with him, including the girl.
Ramirez-Nova dropped everyone off at home after the trip, police said, and the girl was the last one in the van when he parked in a parking lot and assaulted the girl.
Defense attorney Michael Rutt said Ramirez-Nova was from the Dominican Republic, but he was unsure of his connection in York.
Rutt was also unsure why he had moved to Florida after the
assaults. Ward said he believed the church had dismissed Ramirez-Nova, but that the church was not involved in reporting the assaults.
Deputy prosecutor Lauren Carella was not available for comment Thursday afternoon.
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The charges
Carlos Enrique Ramirez-Nova is charged with involuntary deviant sexual intercourse, statutory sexual assault, corruption of minors and indecent assault in connection with both cases. He is also charged with aggravated indecent assault on the 14-year-old girl, police said.Read more at www.ydr.com
Ramirez-Nova waived his preliminary hearing Wednesday, and his arraignment is scheduled for Jan. 7. He is being held in York County Prison in lieu of $100,000 bail -- $50,000 for
each case, police said.
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