Christian School Teacher Arrested On Child Sex Charges

The Knoxville News Sentinel reports:

A former teacher at the Apostolic Christian Academy in Maryville has been arrested on a felony charge that he sexually abused a 14-year-old girl, Knox News has learned. Joseph “Kade” Abbott was arrested in North Carolina and taken to the Blount County jail on Monday.

Knox News received no response to a list of questions sent to senior pastor Kenneth Carpenter. The school’s attorney, Alyssa Minge, did not respond to a list of questions other than to say Abbott was no longer an employee of the school.

Apostolic Christian Academy is the school housed inside First Apostolic Church of Maryville, a mammoth building that towers over William Blount Drive. Abbott is being held on a $200,000 bond. His hearing is Jan. 18.

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The school, which is housed inside First Apostolic Church, did not answer any of our questions. The man, Kade Abbott, was listed as a middle school teacher as recently as August.https://t.co/4h4edObpNU

— Tyler Whetstone (@tyler_whetstone) January 12, 2023