N.C. Pastor Re-Hired After Sex Abuse Conviction Faces New Charges

In 2014, Robert “Bobby” Price was convicted of sexually abusing three boys while serving as a youth pastor at King’s Way Church in Concord, North Carolina. In 2018—three years after being released from prison—Price was hired as an associate pastor at Camino Church in nearby Charlotte, where his brother serves as lead pastor. Now, Price is facing 14 new charges that he abused children from 2001 to 2011, while serving at his previous church.

At a press conference this month, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD) said the latest investigation began after three men came forward and reported that Price had abused them between the ages 9 and 15. Price, 58, faces 13 counts of indecent liberties with a minor and one count of statutory sexual offense, according to a statement by CMPD.