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A veteran Richmond police officer was arraigned Thursday on three new indictments charging him with sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl in November.

Charles Erskine Church, 39, made a brief appearance in Richmond Circuit Court following his indictment Jan. 6 by a Richmond multijurisdictional grand jury on two counts of committing forcible sodomy on a 12-year-old girl and one count of having sexual intercourse with the same juvenile.

The offenses are alleged to have occurred Nov. 2, according to the indictments.

Richmond prosecutor Patrick Dorgan said a Feb. 4 hearing was set for motions in the case. Dorgan said bail for Church was not addressed and he remains at the Richmond City Jail.

Church was arrested initially on Nov. 4 on warrants charging him with two counts of sodomizing a juvenile girl. Police said at the time that they were told Nov. 3 of the allegations and conducted a brief investigation before arresting Church.

The alleged assaults occurred while the officer was off-duty, police said in November.

Richmond Deputy Commonwealth’s Attorney Mary E. Langer, who will be prosecuting the case with Traci Miller, said the new charges are in addition to the two filed earlier.