Posted: Apr. 25, 2019 4:10 pm Updated: Apr. 25, 2019 4:18 pm

PITTSFIELD, Ill. -- The former pastor of a Detroit, Ill., church facing sexual assault charges could enter a plea next month.

Court records show that Jeffrey S. Krupinski appeared Tuesday in Pike County Circuit Court for an arraignment, which was continued to May 28 for arraignment or entry of a plea.

Krupinski, 52, faces two counts of aggravated criminal sexual assault, alleging that he touched a 14-year-old girl for sexual gratification on July 4, 2018.

Krupinski, who now lives in Dwight, had started as a pastor at the Detroit Christian Church on July 1.

He was arrested on the charges Oct. 26.

If convicted of the Class 2 felonies, Krupinski faces between three and seven years in the Illinois Department of Corrections.

Krupinski is free after posting $4,500 bond Nov. 2.