Youth minister charged with sexual battery

John Tuohy

November 12, 2009 by John Tuohy | Star staff

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A youth minister has been charged with sexual battery for making sexual advances toward two women.

Byron Alston, 46, was arrested on a warrant Tuesday and charged with two counts of felony sexual battery and one count of felony criminal confinement. He was released from the Marion County Jail Wednesday after posting a $25,000 bond.

Alston is accused in one instance of offering a prospective employee a job in exchange for sex and committing a lewd act in front of her.

According to an Indianapolis Metropolitan police report, Alston offered to give a 23-year-old woman the job she was interviewing for if she had sex with him. The woman refused and Alston then committed a lewd act in his office in front of her, the IMPD report said.

In June, a 19-year-old woman alleged that Alston grabbed her and put her hand down his pants.

Alston is the founder and executive director of Save the Youth. The city recommended a $90,000 crime prevention grant for for the group last January.

The Marion County prosecutor’s office also has ties to Alston’s organization and turned the case over to a special prosecutor.

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