Colorado Springs Police Department: Sexual Assault On A Child Arrest

Colorado Springs CO

02 March, 2021

4:14 PM

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Press release from the Colorado Springs Police Department: 2021-03-02 In September of 2020, The Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD) received a report of a Sexual Assault on a Child by One in a Position of Trust involving a suspect identified as 49-year-old Vincent Stites, a former Youth Pastor at Friendship Assembly of God Church in Colorado Springs.  Mr. Stites is also an owner of HellScream Haunted House/ HellScream Haunts amusement center in Colorado Springs.  The investigation revealed Mr. Stites had engaged in a consensual sexual relationship with an underage female parishioner who had been a member of his youth group in the mid-2000s.  Mr. Stites was arrested on 02/24/2021 and charged with one count of Sexual Assault on a Child by One in a Position of Trust.  Anyone with information regarding this investigation, or who may have been a victim of Mr. Stites is asked to call the Colorado Springs Police Department at 719-444-7000, and reference call screen number 20404547 when providing information. This press release was produced by the Colorado Springs Police Department. The views expressed here are the author's own.