Youth pastor charged with sex offences against teen

City police have charged a youth pastor with sex crimes, accusing him of grooming a teenager.

Police received information about a sexual assault involving the suspect in March, and learned he directed a youth camp group, the Winnipeg Police Service said in a news release Tuesday.

“Between August 2025 and March 2026, the pastor forged a sexual relationship by grooming and gaining the trust of a youth camp counsellor who was a teenager at the time. The survivor met with the accused on multiple occasions in private and also received sexually explicit material sent by the accused,” the release said.

Last week, police charged Carson Alexander Parago, 23, with sexual assault, sexual exploitation, luring, and the transmission of sexually explicit material to a minor. He was released on conditions, police said.