A youth leader at a Troutville church was arrested Thursday on charges he inappropriately touched a 16-year-old girl, the Botetourt County Sheriff's Office said.

James A. Wertz, 54, of Roanoke was charged with sexual battery by force, taking indecent liberties with a minor and simple assault.

The acts were reported to have happened last summer, said Maj. Delbert Dudding.

The Shenandoah District of the Wesleyan Church Web site lists Wertz as a youth leader at Living Hope Fellowship. A phone message left at the church was not returned.

Wertz was released Thursday from the Botetourt County Jail on an unsecured $1,000 bond. A judge ordered him not to have unsupervised contact with anyone under age 18.

-- Amanda Codispoti and Cathy Benson