An investigation moved swiftly after Langworthy, who resigned in May as music minister at Morrison Heights Baptist Church in Clinton, publicly told congregants during Aug. 7 services that he moved to Mississippi because of what he termed "sexual indiscretions" with young boys in Texas.
Langworthy told them the Texas "indiscretions" happened more than two decades ago when he was a music minister at Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano, Texas.
Langworthy, a married father of two girls, 
District Superintendent Phil Burchfield issued a statement last month acknowledging he'd known of the accusations against Langworthy since August 2010, but that the district "had no evidence, other than allegations, that the conduct had actually taken place, and the employee never admitted to the district that the conduct happened."
Before Langworthy's arrest Wednesday, investigators with Jackson and Clinton police met with investigators in the Hinds County district attorney's office.
Both of the alleged Clinton victims now live out of state, Frazier said.
The other alleged victims still live in the metro area, McBride said.
The charge will be forwarded to the district attorney's office for presentation to a grand jury. The maximum penalty on each count is 10 years in jail and a $1,000 fine, which was the penalty at the time the alleged crimes occurred, Frazier said.
Houston, Texas, resident Amy Smith, a ministry intern at Prestonwood during Langworthy's time there, contacted Clinton school and Morrison Heights leaders when she learned Langworthy was a Clinton High teacher and had daily contact with children. Smith now heads the Houston, Texas, chapter of Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP).
Smith approached Morrison Heights Pastor Greg Belser in January.
Morrison Heights investigated Langworthy "and took immediate action to protect the church family," said church attorney Philip Gunn, who also is a Morrison Heights elder and a state representative.
"We hope that any church officials who knew of or suspected Langworthy's crimes, but kept silent, face criminal charges as well," David Clohessy, SNAP's national director, said in a news release.
Frazier said his department's investigation "all started with one victim coming forward.
"It's a 20-year-old crime because of silence," Frazier said. "That victim decided not to be silent anymore, and others followed him.
"They are courageous to come forward, but they're also scared to death," he said of the alleged victims.
"They are grown men, but they still carry that victim mentality."
Said McBride: "You don't want people to know another male did this kind of stuff to you. It's really been tough on them."
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