Carlos Ernesto Ramos
Grapevine Police Department
A former youth leader of a Grapevine church was arrested last month after he was accused of sexually abusing a child in 2023, police said in a news release.
Carlos Ernesto Ramos, 39, faces a charge of continuous sexual abuse of a child under 14, and additional charges of indecency with a child by exposure, indecency with a child by sexual contact, and aggravated sexual assault of a child, according to police and court records.
He is being held in the Tarrant County Jail on a $500,000 bond.
Ramos was a volunteer youth leader at a Grapevine church from 2020 to 2023 and an assistant youth football coach from 2022 to 2024, according to police.
“We recognize that coming forward in circumstances involving a child can be difficult. Parents or guardians whose child has made a disclosure, or who have specific information indicating their child may have experienced inappropriate conduct involving Ramos, are encouraged to contact our detectives,” Grapevine police said in the release.
Detectives are investigating whether there may be additional victims, police said.
Grapevine police are asking parents with children who may have a connection with this case to contact Detective Steven Velez at 817-410-3268 or CIDMail@grapevinetexas.gov.
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