LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A 26-year-old Little Rock woman has been arrested after having an alleged sexual relationship with a minor while working as a volunteer at a local church.
According to the affidavit, Reagan Gray began having a sexual relationship with a minor back in 2020. At the time, Gray worked as a teacher at Little Rock Christian Academy and worked as a volunteer in the student ministry at Immanuel Baptist Church.
This minor didn't attend Little Rock Christian Academy where Gray worked, but was a member of the student ministry, where Gray volunteered.
The affidavit says that the minor's parents discovered text messages in the minor's cell phone in 2020 — the text thread was between the minor and Gray.
After making the discovery, the minor's parents reportedly told Gray to stop messaging the child. The parents then reported the text messages to the senior pastor of Immanuel Baptist Church.
The church's head pastor proceeded to ask Gray about the messages between she and the minor, to which she said that their relationship was not "physical." Gray was then removed from the student ministry and required to undergo counseling.
Shortly after being removed, Gray returned and began volunteering in the ministry once again.
The head pastor of Immanuel Baptist Church was interviewed in February of 2024 and shared that in Fall of 2023, Gray admitted to him during a counseling session that her relationship with the minor back in 2020 was sexual in nature.
Furthermore, the communication between Gray and the minor hadn't stopped, despite the initial confrontation by the minor's parents. Gray and the minor continued talking through Snapchat, according to the affidavit.
The minor underwent a Child and Adolescent Forensic Interview which was conducted by the FBI. During the interview, the minor shared that they had sexual contact with Gray, who was 23-years-old at the time of the incident.
Gray was a youth group leader volunteer at the church and was a member of the music program at the church, alongside the minor.
The minor disclosed that Gray received their phone number through the group chat for the church's music program. The minor also disclosed that Gray sent nude photos of herself to the minor on a daily basis and expected nude images to be sent back to her.
Gray currently works at Sylvan Hills Middle School but has been on administrative leave since February 12, 2024.