MONROE — A former church deacon has been charged with raping a girl under 13 years old.

Robert Gibson Warrick, 52, of 12895-222 E. Independence Blvd. in Matthews, has been charged with the five counts of raping a child under 13 and five counts of indecent liberties with a child. His first District Court date will be Wednesday.

District Attorney John Snyder said Warrick will be indicted by a grand jury, at which point his case will move to Superior Court. It is still in District Court because the case is so new and the grand jury has not had a term. Warrick was arrested Oct. 1.

Warrick is free on a $100,000 bond. Snyder said Warrick was given strict bond instructions, including that he always keep the district attorney’s office abreast of his whereabouts. If he violates any of the bond conditions, he will be arrested.

“We are not lenient in that at all,” Snyder said.

According to court files, Warrick waived his right to an attorney.

Warrick was a deacon at Ebenezer Baptist Church, but senior pastor Tim Rogers said the church has “taken steps so he is no longer in leadership.”

“It is a delicate situation ... and we are dealing with it within our church family,” Rogers added. “It is a situation that hurts everyone here and even his family.”

Rogers said that the church believes in taking “biblical steps to deal with this in a precise manner.”

Warrick used to do contract work with the Union County Public Schools Technology Department, but schools spokeswoman Luan Ingram said he was never in the classroom and had not worked with the schools in years.