Patrick Stephen Miller was the Assistant Director of Children’s Ministry at Immanuel Baptist Church in Little Rock, Arkansas. In 2016, he was arrested and charged with sexually abusing an elementary school student. In a negotiated plea, Miller pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor harassment charge. He received a suspended sentence and was not required to register as a sex offender.
Since then, a second victim came forward alleging he abused her. When he tried to seal the record, his victims, who were in third and fourth grade at the time of the alleged abouse, opposed sealing the case. Their affidavit is below. He withdrew the motion to seal after it reignited publicity about the first case and the new charges. He is currently charged with second degree sexual assault and kidnapping.
Miller moved to Moore, Oklahoma, and was hired by the Baptist Church there as Assistant Director of Children’s Ministry. They had no idea that he had ever been charged with sexually abusing minors. The Little Rock pastor and church leaders had never told the congregation until Miller filed to seal his conviction.
- Arkansas Courts: 60CR-19-196: STATE V PATRICK STEPHEN MILLER (The original case with the guilty plea to harassment.)
- Arkansas Courts: LRCR-18-6272: STATE V PATRICK STEPHEN MILLER
- Arkansas Courts: LRCR-24-3071: STATE V PATRICK STEPHEN MILLER
- Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: Request for sealed record of ex-church worker is contested (Internet Archive)
- Arkansas Times: OK church says nobody told them former Immanuel Baptist youth minister was accused of abuse
June 10, 2024