Main Line Man To Admits Trying To Meet Underage Boy For Sex: Report

DEVON, PA — A Devon man and former minister admitted in court recently to trying to meet an underage boy for sex.

According to Main Line Media News, David Kohlmeier, 48, of Devon, pleaded guilty to felony attempted involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a child under 16.

Kohlmeier was charged in September 2022 following an undercover operation by Montgomery County investigators on multiple social media sites looking for child predators.

He was arrested on Sept. 16 and charged with felony contact with a minor-sexual offense, attempted involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, attempted statutory sexual assault, attempted aggravated indecent assault and criminal use of a communications facility, along with related misdemeanor counts.

According to police charging documents, Kohlmeier, when interviewed by investigators, said he had recently moved to Pennsylvania with his husband and two children in order for the husband to attend a school in Philadelphia.

Around the same time, Kohlmeier accepted a position as a minister with the Unitarian Church of Harrisburg, according to a criminal complaint.

He was released from custody after posting 10 percent of $99,999 bail.

The complaint also says that Kohlmeier told detectives that prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, he was living in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, and had used the social media app Grindr to communicate with a 16-year-old male.

"Kohlmeier met with the 16-year-old male and the two 'kissed and did other things.' When asked what 'did other things' mean, Kohlmeier stated that he could not remember," the criminal complaint states. "Kohlmeier did describe the male as being foreign, who did not speak English."

Investigators said Kohlmeier was taken into custody after attempting to meet up with the fictitious teenager who was actually an undercover detective.

He was arrested by members of a surveillance team at the meetup location in Conshohocken.

Police documents show that Kohlmeier had been messaging with the undercover investigator at the time the two were attempting to meet up.