Zachary Radcliff, the former worship director and interim youth pastor of Oakwood Church in Saline, Michigan, where his father, Frank Radcliff, serves as lead pastor, is now facing the possibility of spending the rest of his life in prison after he was slapped with multiple charges of sexually abusing minors.

A Michigan church youth pastor who moonlights as a Christian rock singer and has performed before high-profile conservative audiences has been accused of preying on teenagers in his father’s flock for more than 10 years.

WASHTENAW COUNTY, MI - The lead pastor of an Ypsilanti-area church and father of a man accused of criminal sexual conduct against children said he was “blindsided” by the allegations. “I have been as freaked out as everyone else has been,” said the Rev. Frank Radcliff, the lead pastor of Oakwood Church, 9074 Whittaker Road in Ypsilanti.

A church’s music and youth director, who is the son of its senior pastor, has been arrested and charged with child sex crimes, Michigan authorities say. Michigan State Police said its investigation began Oct. 2, when troopers learned Oakwood Church employee Zachary Radcliff had solicited child sexually abusive material from a minor.

Michigan State Police began investigating Zachary Radcliff, a former music and youth director at Oakwood Church in Augusta Township, on Oct. 2.

Zachary Radcliff, the music and youth pastor at Oakwood Church in Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, is accused of a string of offenses relating to sexually abusive activity

The 29-year-old worship director from Oakwood Church, Michigan, faces 11 felony counts, with charges dating back a decade.

A man who is a music and youth director at a church in Washtenaw County is facing several charges in connection to sexual abuse of children.

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A 29-year-old youth pastor is behind bars being held on $3 million bond, charged with several counts of criminal sexual conduct involving children. Zachary Radcliff was a youth pastor at Oakwood Church on Whitaker Road in Ypsilanti.