Md. Police say teen girls abused in at-risk youth church program

(AP) – Authorities have charged three Maryland men with sexually abusing four teen girls at church-run program for at-risk youth.

Prince George's County police say the crimes occurred between 2001 and 2008 when the victims were enrolled in a program run by the Oxon Hill Assembly of Jesus Christ in Fort Washington.

Authorities on Wednesday announced the arrests of 67-year-old Joshua William Wright of Brandywine, his 46-year-old son, William Joshua Wright of White Plains, and 40-year-old Donald Jackson, also of White Plains.

Police say the elder Wright is head pastor of Oxon Hill Assembly of Jesus Christ, where his son is a minster.  Jackson is the elder Wright's son-in-law and one of the church leaders.

Police say the girls were abuse at the suspects' homes, various parks and the church itself.