A former youth minister who served throughout the Bluegrass is now facing rape charges in Powell County accused of abusing a child.
A Powell County grand jury indicted Barry Wethington last month on two charges of third degree rape.
According to court paperwork, the 35-year-old had sex with a child younger than 16-years-old on two separate occasions back in August.
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He was arrested last week and remains in the Powell County jail.
While Wethington currently lives in Lexington, he previously served as a youth minister at Stanton Christian Church, according to the director of Teen Mission, USA, a group out of Lexington where Wethington served as a board member.
Director Greg Herriford called Wethington a “good board member who showed no signs of anything like this” referring to the rape charges.
As a volunteer with Teen Mission, Wethington lead several mission trips.
Herriford says Wethington also served at a church in Harrison County before serving in Stanton. No one with Stanton Christian Church was available to comment on the rape allegations.
Wethington declined a request for an interview.
