Police arrested a youth pastor at a Kannapolis church on sex charges against a church member who is 13 years old.
25-year-old Benjamin Ross Hollifield of Salisbury was charged with felony sex offense or statutory rape with a minor of 6+ years younger than him and felony indecent liberties with a child, according to jail records.
He was jailed Friday on bail of $1 million, according to records.
Hollifield was outreach and youth pastor for Piedmont Baptist Church in west Kannapolis on Wright Road.
The church’s website posted a statement about the crime, saying the case was reported to authorities by the senior pastor and that the church had fired an employee.