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	Youth Ministries Director Gets 1 Year in Prison Longmont Times-Call March 14, 2008 http://www.timescall.com/news_story.asp?ID=7242 BOULDER — A former church worker accused of having a sexual relationship with a teen in his charge accepted a plea deal Friday that will send him to prison for a year. Peter Kim, 40, pleaded guilty to violating bail bond conditions, sexual exploitation of a child, and attempted sexual assault by a person in a position of trust. In exchange for the plea, prosecutors dropped several additional charges. Kim was the director of youth ministries at Longmont's Central Presbyterian Church and the girl was a member of the youth ministry. A jury heard Kim's case last year and deadlocked after a week of testimony from witnesses who said Kim and the teenage girl had a relationship that was obviously close and that many suspected had crossed the line. Kim was scheduled to be retried in June on charges of sexual assault on a child by one in a position of trust and with a pattern of abuse. Friday's plea will spare him from the retrial.
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