New Brunswick pastor charged with criminal sexual contact with 17-year-old

MIDDLESEX COUNTY - A New Brunswick pastor has been arrested and charged with having improper sexual contact with a 17-year-old female, Middlesex County Prosecutor Andrew C. Carey and New Brunswick Police Director Anthony Caputo said in a statement Friday.

Manuel Mora, 52, of the Kendall Park section of South Brunswick, was arrested Dec. 1 and charged with endangering the welfare of a child in the third degree and criminal sexual contact in the fourth degree.

The charges were filed during an investigation conducted by Detective William Coleman of the New Brunswick Police Department and Detective Mark Morris of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office.

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During the investigation, it was determined that Mora of the All Nations Church in New Brunswick had ongoing sexual contact with a 17-year old New Brunswick girl.

Mora is being held at the Middlesex County Adult Corrections Center in North Brunswick.

The investigation is continuing.

Anyone with information is asked to call Detective Coleman of the New Brunswick Police Department at 732-745-5200 or Detective Morris of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office at 732-745-4194.

Staff Writer Susan Loyer: 732-565-7243; sloyer@gannettnj.com