A girl who went missing from a Mormon church service in California Sunday had been abducted by a stranger in the parking lot and sexually assaulted in a nearby dumpster, authorities said.

The girl, who officials say is between 10 and 13 years old, had slipped out of the afternoon service at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Riverside and was playing outside when the stranger approached, according to a Riverside Police Department news release.

Police spokesman Officer Ryan Railsback said the girl was attending service with her family when at one point, she went missing.

Her father eventually found her in the church parking lot.

Railsback said the suspect had already fled — and is still at large.

The girl’s father “could tell something was wrong,” Railsback said.

The girl was taken to a hospital and was able to provide a good description of the molester, a 50-year-old dark-skinned Hispanic male with a goatee and short hair.