HERTFORD, N.C. — A Baptist association in North Carolina is standing by a camp director indicted July 13 on two counts of engaging in sexual activities with a child.
Police arrested Stephen Wayne Carter, director of Cale Retreat and Conference Center in Hertford, N.C., July 1 on charges of taking indecent liberties with a child and a first-degree sex offense involving a child. He was released from jail on $80,000 bond.
Carter, 50, has directed the Christian camp operated by Chowan Baptist Association since 2002. Rob Roberts, associational missionary, said Carter remains employed as camp director but has voluntarily left the camp until the matter is resolved.
“Chowan Baptist Association stands firmly behind Steve, and we are confident of his innocence,” Roberts wrote in an e-mail to the Perquimans Weekly newspaper shortly after the arrest. “Steve remains away from the Cale Retreat and Conference Center campus but continues to receive full salary and benefits.”
Carter, who recently celebrated his 25th wedding anniversary, told a local television station the allegations against him are untrue. Roberts told local media that Baptist leaders were cooperating with police.
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