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Austin American-Statesman | August 2, 2006
Great Hills Baptist Church official accused of sexually assaulting teen
By Claire Osborn, AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF

The minister of education at Austin's Great Hills Baptist Church has
been accused by police of luring a 15-year-old boy into his car at a
bus stop and sexually assaulting him.

Austin police said Jerry Dale Carver, 51, was arrested Monday at his
home and charged with sexual assault of a child in connection with the
July 25 incident. The second-degree felony carries a maximum punishment
of 20 years in prison.

Carver was released from the Travis County Jail on Monday night on
$20,000 bail and could not be reached for comment. Carver told police
that the teenager got into his vehicle willingly and initiated sexual
contact with him, an arrest affidavit said.

Carver's arrest marks the second time that a leader at the 5,000-member
Northwest Austin church has been accused of sexually assaulting a teen.
In 1999, youth minister Charles Richard "Rick" Willits was sentenced to
15 years in prison after a jury found him guilty of sexually abusing a
14-year-old boy he met at church.

In Carver's case, police say they are looking for other possible
victims. Sgt. Brian Loyd would not offer details but said detectives
think Carver has picked up other minors at bus stops.

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