An officer with the New York City Police Department allegedly had sex with a teenage girl on numerous occasions, local media reported. Members of the Internal Affairs Bureau arrested 38-year-old Vladimir Sosa on Tuesday, police told Daily Mail Online. The New York Post reported that Sosa is a pastor at Iglesia Metodista El Remanente in the Bronx's Tremont neighborhood. Officer: NYPD officer Vladmir Sosa has been accused of having sex with a teenage girl. Sosa is reportedly a pastor at a Tremont, Bronx, church . Investigation: Vladimir Sosa is a police officer with the 46th Precinct (pictured) Police sources told the New York Daily News that the 16-year-old girl and Sosa were romantically involved for a year and engaged in intercourse on numerous occasions. They said the girl confessed to what happened after her mother saw text messages on her cell phone. Police told the newspaper Sosa and the girl first met one another while at church. 'There has never been a situation where they have been alone in the same room together,' Sosa's lawyer Cary London told the Daily News. Sosa's Facebook profile says he studied theology at United Christian College in North Carolina. Sosa is facing rape, sexual misconduct, sex abuse and endangering the welfare of a child charges, police said. He is a police officer with the 46th Precinct. The Bronx District Attorney's Office told CBS New York that Sosa is out on a personal recognizance bond and will be in court next month. The New York Post reported that Sosa has been with the NYPD for seven years and is now on an unpaid suspension. Sosa has been with the NYPD for 7 years and is now on an unpaid suspension . Faith: Sosa's Facebook profile says he studied theology at United Christian College in North Carolina. He is a pastor with  Iglesia Metodista El Remanente (pictured)
38-year-old police officer Vladimir Sosa was arrested on Tuesday . Sosa has been with the NYPD for seven years, and reportedly  met the 16-year-old girl at a Bronx church where he is a pastor . He is facing rape, sexual misconduct, sex abuse and endangering the welfare of a child charges .