Abraham Molina, a former church worker in Texas, has been arrested on charges of child sexual assault. Authorities believe there may be more victims and urge anyone with information to come forward as the investigation continues.
A former church worker in Texas has been arrested on multiple counts of sexual assault on a child. This has led to an ongoing probe into possible other victims. The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office arrested 44-year-old Abraham Molina on charges of aggravated sexual attack of a child and indecency with a child by sexual contact. Multiple reports of claimed sex assaults on children in the Conroe area led to the arrest.
Molina is accused of touching an 8-year-old boy inappropriately in late 2024. He used to work at churches in Tomball and Magnolia and may have helped in youth ministry. Since then, detectives have found old reports with similar claims, pointing to multiple male victims who were young, going back to the early 2000s. Authorities think there may be more victims and want anyone with information to call the Special Victims Unit at (936) 760-5876 and mention case number 25A00569.
As the case goes on, lawyers talk about the options that survivors of abuse in the church have. Anjali Nigam, a lawyer in Texas, says that people who have been hurt can file both criminal and civil cases against people or groups they believe were negligent. The time limit for filing a case of child sexual abuse in Texas has also been pushed back, giving survivors more time to seek justice.
Molina is still being held at the Montgomery County Jail while police investigate what happened.
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