Bear woman charged with raping teen
By Amy Cherry Share

Updated Saturday, March 6, 2010 - 5:28am

olice have charged a Bear woman with raping a teenager, she met in a church choir.

WDEL's Amy Cherry reports. Audio Here



30-year-old Zipporah Holalnd-Samuels was arrested on 10 counts of rape.

Police say she's a member of an adult choir and volunteered for a youth choir at the Victory Christian Church in New Castle.

They say that's where she met her then, 15-year-old victim, and began a sexual relationship with him.

Investigators say the now 16-year-old victim would go to Holland-Samuels' home to have sex instead of going to choir practice.

Holland Samuels was ordered held on $55,000 bail.


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The Associated Press contributed to this report.



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