A newly-released affidavit states a best-selling Christian author had a history of abusing the juvenile victim he's been charged with physically and sexually assaulting.

His wife faces charges for allegedly trying to cover the abuse up.

Christian authors arrested in Texas What we know: Seth Michael Day, 39, and Heather Marie Day, 39, both of Keene, were arrested on September 24 and booked into the Johnson County Jail.