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KXAN.com AUSTIN, TEXAS A man trusted to help children during a difficult time has been accused of sexually violating one. Billy Dan Carroll, 53, was arrested for sexual assault Sunday after an 8-year-old girl said she had been victimized. Carroll has been a Travis County court-appointed children's advocate for four years. "This individual has been through an FBI fingerprint check, national criminal databases, state of Texas criminal databases, the CPS central registry, those are all of the sources that we can check on every potential volunteer," said Laura Wolf, executive director of Court Appointed Special Advocates of Travis County. "This particular criminal background check came back clean with nothing to give us any cause for concern. We also talk to personal references. This individual had glowing references." Police said they believe the girl is not Carroll's only victim, and he may have assaulted more children and even some adults. They said they believe he worked to put himself in positions of trust, serving in his church's youth group and as a worker for CASA. "Mr. Carroll has no record of anything -- if you would have checked into him, you would have found him to be the neighbor next door," said Sgt. Brian Loyd. "He would be somebody that you would never, ever in your entire life would suspect of doing anything like this." Police said Carroll assaulted the girl in his home on McLoughlin Point.
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