SMYRNA YOUTH PASTOR INDICTED ON FIVE COUNTS OF STATUTORY RAPE
Jacob Woods was indicted on five counts of statutory rape by an authority figure. Woods, a former youth pastor, worked with children at Rutherford County Baptist Church in Smyrna. A family member claims Woods began grooming the victim when she was only 15 years old. A relative said the relationship turned sexual when the victim was 16, following a church camp trip to Indiana, and carried on for about two years. The indictment for Woods said the sexual acts were committed between November of 2021 through March of this year.
