Minister Accused Of Wanting To 'Play Doctor' With 15-Year-Old Girl Fired
POSTED: Thursday, March 27, 2008
UPDATED: 9:59 am EDT March 27,
2008
WINTER PARK, Fla. -- A Winter Park minister accused of wanting to "play doctor" and have sex with what he thought was a 15-year-old girl has been fired, Local 6 has confirmed.
Investigators said music minister Jack Aldrich from First United Methodist Church in Winter Park made contact with an undercover officer posing as an underage girl.
Information from the St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office showed Aldrich allegedly had cybersex with the officer posing as the girl.
Wednesday night, church officials decided to fire him in an emergency meeting.
An arrest warrant also showed that the church minister began chatting with the undercover detective on March 10.
For the next two weeks, there were several conversations, the report said. Some of their talks were graphic, Local 6's J.R. Stone reported.
Detectives said the conversations became more intense and at one point, Aldrich used a webcam during some of the chat sessions.
Aldrich oversaw at least eight different vocal groups, including a youth choir and children's choir at the church, Local 6 reported.
Deputies said they believe Aldrich committed some of the acts inside of his church office.
They have confiscated two movies from Aldrich and his church computer in the investigation.
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