Fugitive Marathon pastor accused of sexually battering teen caught in Texas Monte LaVelle Chitty, 62 [View all]

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Fugitive Marathon pastor accused of sexually battering teen caught in Texas

Monte LaVelle Chitty, 62, was arrested around 5 p.m. in Woodville, Texas, Monroe County
Sheriff's Office officials said
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By NBC6 • Published April 5, 2024


Monroe deputies had arrested Chitty, a pastor at First Baptist Church, last month on charges of sexual battery, lewd and lascivious behavior, and contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

An investigation began after an anonymous caller reported overhearing a girl telling another adult that she had been raped, authorities said.

The victim, a 15-year-old girl, told detectives Chitty gave her alcohol that she believed might have been spiked because she immediately began to feel weak and passed out after drinking it, deputies said. When she woke up, she found Chitty was sexually molesting her.

Chitty had called authorities beforehand because "he believed he was about to be accused of something and he wanted to get ahead of it," deputies said. He said a young girl at his church had been drinking, so he helped her lie down on a couch in the church's library and claimed he did not touch her after that.


Chitty, who had also been a registered volunteer with the Monroe County Sheriff's Office as a pastor, was being held on a $1.3 million bond, officials said..........................

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