MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A Shelby County Grand Jury has indicted a former church employee in Memphis, accused of molesting two teen boys.
53-year-old David L. Hale was indicted on two felony counts of sexual battery by an authority figure.
Prosecutors said Hale worked at the Sycamore View Church of Christ from 2011 to 2019 as a volunteer in sound and lighting, and a paid employee those last two years securing doors during church services. He was banned from the church property in February 2019 when the incidents were reported.
Investigators said Hale offered a 13-year-old boy a massage, then molested him, in an audio-visual area during a church service around January 2016.
In early 2019, investigators said Hale reportedly gave a massage and molested to a 17-year-old boy in a bathroom near the church gym.
Memphis police and the FBI conducted the investigation.
The Shelby County District Attorney General's Office is asking that anyone who has information, or may have been a victim, contact them at info@scdag.com, Memphis Police, or the FBI.
