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Former Bible Class Teacher Sentenced to Decades in Federal Prison in Sexual Exploitation Case

By Kyle Schwab
NewsOK
August 3, 2016

http://newsok.com/article/5512250

Donnie Ray Schultz

A Del City man on Tuesday was sentenced to more than 27 years in federal prison for sexually exploiting a 15-year-old girl who attended a religious course he taught at a Del City church.

Donnie Ray Schultz, 45, pleaded guilty in April to one count of sexual exploitation of a child. Oklahoma City federal prosecutors said Schultz was in a sexual relationship with the victim's mother at the time of the crime.

During Tuesday's sentencing, Assistant U.S. Attorney Brandon Hale called it a "twisted triangle of a relationship."

Schultz apologized Tuesday and told the judge, "I'm broken for what I've done."

Del City police Maj. Jody Suit said the victim's mother didn't know Schultz was sexually abusing her daughter.

Suit said it was believed Schultz used his relationship with the victim's mother to be near the victim.

Investigators reported Schultz, also known as Shultz, became friends with the girl through the Bible class he taught at Calvary Christian Church and later began a sexual relationship with the girl.

In April, Schultz admitted to engaging in "sexually explicit conduct" with the minor and to taking photos of the conduct.

Prosecutors said Schultz had sex with the victim up to 30 times between July 2014 and November 2015.

Schultz took about 180 photos of the sex acts, prosecutors said.

The girl was 14 when the sexual abuse began, according to prosecutors.

Reportedly a self-employed handyman, Schultz allegedly had sex with the victim at homes where he would do repairs, police reported. Schultz also was accused of having sex with the victim at their homes, at the church and at an Oklahoma City storage unit, documents show.

U.S. District Judge Robin Cauthron chose Schultz's punishment, 327 months in federal prison. Schultz also was ordered to pay $4,266 in restitution to the victim's father.

The father, who said he lives in New Jersey, told the judge he now has custody of his daughter. He said his daughter is receiving counseling.

Schultz also was charged in Oklahoma County District Court with dozens of felony sex crimes stemming from the same sexual abuse allegations. All of those counts were dismissed after Schultz pleaded guilty in federal court.

1995 conviction

Schultz was convicted of second-degree rape in 1995 in Cleveland County. He was a registered sex offender until 2013, police reported.

 

 

 

 

 




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