By Gordon Byrd
Jun 9, 2021
WINTER HAVEN A youth pastor at a Lakeland church is off the job and facing charges, after deputies say he attempted a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old girl he was counseling.
Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd says Andrew Weaver, 29, was married when his counseling took an inappropriate turn with the girl, who was a member of his youth group. According to the sheriff, the girl showed him nude pictures on her phone but did not transmit them to him. They met at the church and Weaver drove her to a motel in Mulberry around New Year s. He rented a room and they were making out when what Judd describes as an angel knocked on the door. disguised as a maid. The two got spooked and took off back to the church.
By Gordon Byrd
Jun 9, 2021
WINTER HAVEN A youth pastor at a Lakeland church is off the job and facing charges, after deputies say he attempted a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old girl he was counseling.
Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd says Andrew Weaver, 29, was married when his counseling took an inappropriate turn with the girl, who was a member of his youth group. According to the sheriff, the girl showed him nude pictures on her phone but did not transmit them to him. They met at the church and Weaver drove her to a motel in Mulberry around New Year s. He rented a room and they were making out when what Judd describes as an angel knocked on the door. disguised as a maid. The two got spooked and took off back to the church.
Angel maid interrupted Lakeland youth pastor and teenage girl in hotel room, sheriff says
By Fox 13 News staff
Published
Polk Sheriff Grady Judd says an angel intervened, landing a youth pastor behind bars.
LAKELAND, Fla. - Deputies arrested a Lakeland church youth pastor accused of trying to have sex with a teenage girl.
Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said the youth pastor, 29-year-old Andrew Weaver, worked for Highlands Church of Christ. But when church leaders learned that Weaver may have had an inappropriate relationship with a minor in his youth group, the sheriff said they notified detectives.
According to investigators, Weaver had been informally counseling the 17-year-old girl when he asked to see nude photographs of her. The two then began talking about sexual fantasies, the sheriff said.