Church worker accused of rape

A man is accused of raping a woman early Saturday in the basement of the Spokane church where he works.

Police arrested Michael J. Bosch, 47, early Saturday after a woman said he attacked her in the basement of Mending Fences Ministry, 1906 E. Sprague Ave., according to court documents.

Bosch met the woman on East Sprague about 2:30 a.m. and the two discussed “possible sexual activity,” records say, before going to Mending Fences, a ministry that works with drug addicts and the homeless. Bosch works at the church and had a key, police said.

Bosch smoked crack cocaine before tying wire around the woman’s face and mouth and placing a plastic bag over her head, according to court documents. Bosch tied the woman to a metal pipe before sexually assaulting her, police said.

The woman smashed a window and ran to a nearby motor home, where a resident called police.

Officers found the woman with a wire around her neck and face with pieces of a plastic bag stuck to it. Bosch had a scratch on his cheek and cut on a finger that he told police he’d gotten earlier in the week.

Bosch’s bail was set at $50,000 in Spokane County Superior Court Monday.