Honk News (Fort Worth, TX) – A charter school instructional aide in North Texas was arrested this month for having an improper relationship with a student. Church leaders have confirmed that he also served as a youth pastor in Haltom City.
Ruel Barbee, 53, was taken into custody on February 6 following an investigation by officers and detectives from the Newman International Academy Police Department regarding the allegations made against him. The board of directors at Oasis Community Worship Center announced online that they had been informed of his arrest and had decided to terminate his position as youth pastor.
Following Barbee’s arrest, two additional educators from Newman International Academy’s Gibbins campus have also been taken into custody as part of an ongoing sexual abuse investigation. On February 10, Coach Gabrielle Little, 20, was taken into custody on a charge related to child grooming. Richard Adams, the principal of Gibbins campus, was arrested on February 12. He is facing charges for failing to report child abuse, three counts of tampering with evidence, and one count of tampering with a witness.
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