The Utah senator’s online persona has further damaged his already frayed relationship with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

A former Seventh-day Adventist Church youth leader is facing criminal charges for allegedly raping a teen girl in the Utah group he led over the course of at least two years.

A former church youth leader in Utah is accused of grooming and preying on a teenage girl he met at church, and he now faces multiple charges, officials said.