Authorities have accused a former Spartanburg County youth pastor of sexually assaulting a child at a Bible camp in Greenville County.

Peter William Cooper, 68, of Alabama, is charged with committing a lewd act on a child younger than 14 years old.

Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office investigators learned Cooper was working as a youth pastor for Central Church of Christ in Spartanburg when he had unlawful sexual contact with an underage girl, according to a statement from the Greenville County Sheriff's Office.

While serving as the youth pastor, Cooper carried out the unlawful contact with the child at the Palmetto Bible Camp at 140 Fall Creed Road in Marietta, according to the Sheriff's Office.

The act took place between 1976 and 1978, according to the statement.

Investigators are asking anyone who may have had similar experiences with Cooper to come forward by calling Crime Stoppers at 23-CRIME.

Cooper was booked into the Spartanburg County Detention Center on Sunday on another lewd act on a minor charge out of Spartanburg County. It was not immediately known when he would be extradited to Greenville County.