St. Clair church child-care worker arrested on child abuse charges

St. Clair church child-care worker arrested on child abuse charges

An Odenville man who worked at a church child-care center has been arrested on child sexual abuse charges.

Austin Greenway, 19, of Odenville, was arrested Aug. 20 on charges of sexual abuse of a child less than 12 and a school employee engaging in a sex act with a student under the age of 19, according to a statement from the St. Clair County Sheriff Billy Murray.

Greenway was an employee of the North Valley Early Learning Center and after school program, a ministry of North Valley Church, Odenville, for two years. 

In June investigators with the St. Clair County Sheriff’s Office were contacted by Margaret police department officials to look into allegations of sexual abuse of a 9-year-old child. 

An “extensive investigation” followed, Murray said, resulting in an indictment of Greenway.

Greenway turned himself in to authorities and was booked on the charges. He was released on a $50,000 bond. His next court date is Oct. 2, Murray said. (TAB)