Former North Carolina youth minister accused of sexual assault provided services to more than one...

THERE, AND WILSON IS A CURRENT ONE. WE ARE LEARNING NEW DETAILS ABOUT A FORMER YOUTH MINISTER ACCUSED OF SEXUALLY ASSAULTING SEVERAL TEENS. OUR SARAH SOWERS HAS BEEN FOLLOWING THIS CASE EXTENSIVELY. SARAH, WHAT'S BEEN REVEALED TONIGHT? WE KNOW NOW JAMES, ROBERT MURPHY CONDUCTED SERVICES WITH GUILFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS. THE DISTRICT SAYS HE WAS A VENDOR. WE ALSO HAVE LEARNED THAT HE VOLUNTEERED AT A PRIVATE SCHOOL IN HIGH POINT. MURPHY WAS ARRESTED JUST YESTERDAY BY HIGH POINT POLICE. HE FACES 30 COUNTS OF SEXUAL BATTERY. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE VICTIMS WERE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 16 AND 19. IT IS STILL UNCLEAR WHERE THE ALLEGED ASSAULTS OCCURRED. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE ASSAULTS HAPPENED LAST YEAR. OFFICIALS AT OAK VIEW BAPTIST CHURCH, WHERE MURPHY WAS A YOUTH MINISTER FOR 24 YEARS, SAY THEY WERE INFORMED ABOUT CLAIMS IN JANUARY, HE WAS PLACED ON LEAVE THERE AND RESIGNED A WEEK LATER. JUST A SHORT TIME AGO, WESLEYAN CHRISTIAN ACADEMY CONFIRMED TO 12 INVESTIGATES THAT MURPHY WAS A VOLUNTEER ANNOUNCER AT BASKETBALL GAMES. WE ARE TOLD HE HAD NO REASON TO INTERACT WITH STUDENTS IN THAT ROLE, AND HAS NOT BEEN AFFILIATED WITH THE SCHOOL SINCE FEBRUARY, THE ACADEMY SAID. IN THIS STATEMENT. QUOTE, WE DO NOT HAVE FURTHER INFORMATION REGARDING THE ALLEGATIONS. INVESTIGATION AND CHARGES AS THEY ARE NOT RELATED TO OUR SCHOOL. GUILFORD COUNTY SCHOOLS SAYS HE WAS A VENDOR THAT PROVIDED SERVICE TO TWO SCHOOLS AND WAS NOT AN EMPLOYEE. WE ARE TOLD HE WILL NO LONGER BE PROVIDING THAT SERVICE. MURPHY'S NEXT COURT APPEARANCE IS SLATED FOR SEPTEMBER 23RD. I WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE UPDATES REGARDING THIS CASE AS THEY BECOME AVAILABLE IN

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