Conviction Christian institutions & contexts Other or denomination not established Catonsville and Reisterstown, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA · 2025

United States: Youth for Christ leader Kevin Guy pleads guilty to sexually abusing teens in his youth group

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Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

Youth ministry director/pastor, Metro Maryland Youth for Christ, based at Bishop Cummins Reformed Episcopal Church, Catonsville

Organization

Metro Maryland Youth for Christ, Bishop Cummins Reformed Episcopal Church

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Guy used his role as youth-group leader and mentor, including one-on-one discipleship time built into the ministry's model, to isolate and abuse teenage members of the group he led.

Pastoral or clerical authority

Evidence structure

Proceedings

2025-09-16 · guilty plea and sentencing

Baltimore County, Maryland Circuit Court. Kevin Guy, 32, a youth ministry director with Metro Maryland Youth for Christ, pleaded guilty September 16, 2025 to sexual abuse of a minor and third- and fourth-degree sex offenses, admitting abuse of five boys aged 13-17 between 2021 and 2024 at his home, his car, the church, and a nearby fast-food restaurant. Sentenced December 17, 2025 to 35 years with 28 suspended (7 years to serve) and lifetime sex-offender registration.

Documented coercion mechanisms

pastoral and mentorship authority over youth-group members
one-on-one access through discipleship outings, his home, and his car

Cited record

Sources

regional digital newsroom contemporaneous reporting The Baltimore Banner, 'Former youth ministry director Kevin Guy pleads guilty to sex abuse' (Sept. 16, 2025).: Reports the Sept. 16, 2025 guilty plea, the plea agreement's 35-years-with-28-suspended sentence recommendation, Dec. 17 sentencing date, and abuse details across 2021-2024.
clergy abuse database case summary compilation BishopAccountability.org, 'Former Baltimore County pastor sentenced for abusing boys in youth group' (Sept. 2025).: Corroborates role, victim count, and church location (Bishop Cummins Reformed Episcopal Church, Catonsville).

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Source and tier basis: https://www.thebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/kevin-guy-metro-maryland-youth-sex-abuse-KCZZQE6UE5AB7BB73E52HVQZ6Q/ Corpus classification: regional-digital-newsroom; evidentiary role: contemporaneous-reporting. SHA-256 a4b768245132e6e598b53674f4344830409114c9098ac89b1829a218a6243308
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Source and tier basis: https://www.bishop-accountability.org/2025/09/former-baltimore-county-pastor-sentenced-for-abusing-boys-in-youth-group/ Corpus classification: clergy-abuse-database; evidentiary role: case-summary-compilation. SHA-256 f8c2890425bde1f64a1a37433bacbbc9ab4f529ee8b5238ef9e39a63d7d39ac7
Retrieval: 2026-07-20 · Preserved; Bound by Fear automated source-preservation ledger

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