A church group leader faces charges for allegedly sending inappropriate messages to a teenage church member.

Kenneth Mays Jr., 29, of Albrightsville, faces two counts each of indecent assault, corruption of minors and unlawful contact with a minor, and one count of obscene/sexual material — dissemination to minors.

According to an affidavit of probable cause filed by Trooper Brian Shandra of the Pennsylvania State Police Fern Ridge barracks:

At around 2:15 p.m. Dec. 13, the victim’s mother arrived at the Fern Ridge barracks to report her 14-year-old daughter was receiving sexually explicit messages/photos on Snapchat, the affidavit says.

The victim’s mother said the snaps were from Mays, a man known to her and her daughter.

That day around 2:45 p.m., Shandra interviewed the 14-year-old victim with her mother’s consent.

The victim said that Mays, a member of her church, showed an interest in her sometime around August 2016.

Mays’ father, Kenneth Mays Sr., is listed as the senior pastor of Full Gospel Tabernacle Bread of Life Church in Effort.

The victim said Mays came to her residence when she was sick to bring her food, and that during this encounter, Mays, while giving her a hug, touched her butt through her clothing.

The victim said that after this occurred, Mays messaged her, apologizing for what happened.

The victim said Mays continued to contact her over the year, asking what she would do if he kissed her and had sex with her.

She said Mays would send messages to her stating he loved her, and if only he wasn’t married, and wished she was older.

The victim said Mays began to send nude photos of himself to her.

Shandra saw a screenshot of a sexually explicit photo Mays sent to the girl.

Mays remains incarcerated in Carbon County Correctional Facility in lieu of $35,000 bail.

He is scheduled to appear for a pretrial status conference at 9 a.m. Jan. 18 in the Carbon County Court of Common Pleas.