A former Baptist minister who was indicted late last year on 22 counts related to alleged child and sex abuse incidents, has a rejected a deal from the Calvert County State’s Attorney’s Office to plead guilty to five of the counts.
The brief plea hearing was held Monday, April 1 in Calvert County Circuit Court before Judge Steven Platt.
The accused, Douglas Wayne Myers, 63, is charged with 13 counts of child abuse/custodian, six counts of second-degree sex offense and three counts of third-degree sex offense. The crimes are alleged to have occurred between March 1995 and December 2000.
Myers’ attorney, Christopher A. Griffiths, rejected the plea agreement presented by Assistant State’s Attorney Kathryn Marsh, on his client’s behalf.
Myers had over 30 years of ministry at churches in Maryland, Alabama and Florida. He served time in Florida on sex crime charges. Myers was required to register as a sex offender as a condition for his release.
He has been incarcerated at the Calvert County Detention Center since being extradited to Maryland.
A criminal jury trial on the charges is tentatively set for June 4.
Contact Marty Madden at marty.madden@thebaynet.com
