Prosecutors on Monday are due to file charges against a Fort Collins high school counselor accused of sexually assaulting multiple boys he met while working as a church counselor in Longmont.

Brad Boda has been on paid administrative leave from Rocky Mountain High School since his Sept. 23 arrest.

Boulder County prosecutors were supposed to have charged Boda, who is free on $50,000 bond, in early October.

But they sought and received an extension after telling a judge that Boda was arrested sooner than anticipated due to police concerns about his ongoing contacts with Rocky students. Prosecutors also said some of the alleged victims were “vacillating” about whether they would participate in the case if it went to trial.

The 39-year-old Berthoud resident said nothing to a group of reporters who greeted him outside the Boulder County jail and said few words during the court proceeding.

Longmont police arrested Boda after a yearlong investigation that turned up multiple accusers, both male and female, who were between the ages of 11 and 16 when the assaults occurred. Police say the incidents involving Boda and children took place between 1991 and 2004.

Boda met several of the alleged victims through his work as a youth counselor at Christ Our Savior Lutheran Church in Longmont. He also met at least one victim while employed at Longmont United Hospital, according to police.

The arrest rattled the Rocky community and was especially shocking to some students who had close relationships with Boda.

Authorities have not found any victims who met Boda through Rocky, although Longmont police Cmdr. Tim Lewis said investigators believe there are more victims who have not come forward.

In an 86-page, heavily redacted arrest affidavit obtained by the Coloradoan, police provide graphic descriptions of accusations leveled by alleged victims against Boda.

The alleged victims are now adults; and in some cases, they said they had to have uncomfortable conversations with their parents and spouses after police notified church members of the investigation.

One alleged victim told police he became addicted to pornography and abused alcohol following what he said were repeated sexual contacts with Boda.

Another alleged victim said Boda talked to him and his friends about masturbation and how it was “normal” to have homosexual thoughts. That man said at one point Boda persuaded about five 13-year-old boys to undress in front of him.

Other alleged victims recounted specific instances in which they had sexual contact with Boda after watching “hard-core” pornography in the church basement.

One man said he lost his virginity at 15 to a blindfolded girl in the church basement while Boda watched.

Alleged victims said the incidents took place on church trips, in the church basement, in a neighbors’ home and at Boda’s family cabin near Lyons.

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