LIBERTY, Mo. (KCTV) - An Excelsior Springs youth pastor is charged with sexually assaulting a teenager who attends his church.

Donald Aaron Axtell is an associate youth pastor at Excelsior Springs Baptist Church according to court documents provided by the Clay County Prosecutor’s Office.

Prosecutors charged Axtell with the following crimes this week:

2nd degree statutory rape

Possession of child pornography

Furnishing pornographic materials to minors

According to a probable cause statement, a teenager went to the Excelsior Springs Police Department on November 12 to report that Axtell sexually assaulted her.

At that time the victim told investigators the relationship between the two started in 2023. She said the relationship continued for two years.

The victim then described to in

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