ABILENE, TX — A former Abilene youth pastor charged with multiple child sex crimes waived his arraignment.
Jeffrey Winston Forrest was supposed to be in court tomorrow.
His next court appearance is now scheduled for June 25.
Forrest was arrested in Mexico last month after nearly four years on the run.
During the ’90s, Forrest worked as a daycare worker at Pioneer Drive Baptist Church. He was also a youth minister at several other churches in Abilene.
Forrest was arrested in 2015 after four boys came forward and accused him of sexually assaulting them from ages 8 to 15.
His trial was schedule for 2016 but he never showed up.
Forrest is charged with two counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child, bail jumping, and failure to appear in court.
