Big Spring Youth Minister Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Young Girl Multiple Times
By: Dylan Brooks
Updated: October 29, 2012
BIG SPRING -- A Big Spring youth minister is accused of sexually abusing a young girl.
Samuel Lee Lyte was arrested on October 22nd.
The Big Spring Herald reports that Lyte, 70 is accused of sexually abusing a girl under the age of 14 on multiple occasions.
Few other details have been released on the incident Lyte was arrested for.
Lyte was reportedly working as a youth minister at the Mt. Bethel Baptist Church in Big Spring at the time of his arrest.
Lyte has also reportedly worked as a musician at the St. James Baptist Church in Odessa.
It's unclear if Lyte knew his alleged victim from his work in churches.
Now, Lyte is charged with continuous sexual abuse of a child, indecency with a child with sexual contact and tampering with evidence.
As of Monday evening, Lyte was being held in the Howard County Detention Center on $23,300 bond.
Samuel Lee Lyte was arrested on October 22nd.
The Big Spring Herald reports that Lyte, 70 is accused of sexually abusing a girl under the age of 14 on multiple occasions.
Few other details have been released on the incident Lyte was arrested for.
Lyte was reportedly working as a youth minister at the Mt. Bethel Baptist Church in Big Spring at the time of his arrest.
Lyte has also reportedly worked as a musician at the St. James Baptist Church in Odessa.
It's unclear if Lyte knew his alleged victim from his work in churches.
Now, Lyte is charged with continuous sexual abuse of a child, indecency with a child with sexual contact and tampering with evidence.
As of Monday evening, Lyte was being held in the Howard County Detention Center on $23,300 bond.
