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Former youth pastor sentenced for exchanging explicit photos with a minor

By Elizabeth Tyree
WSET
January 26, 2017

http://wset.com/news/local/former-youth-pastor-sentenced-for-exchanging-explicit-photos-with-a-minor


CAMPBELL Co, Va. (WSET) -- A former youth pastor has been sentenced for indecent liberties with a child and electronic solicitation of a minor.

Major L. Hillman will spend six years in prison.

Hillman will also have to register as a sex offender.

Prosecutors said a 14-year-old came to Hillman for counseling, and Hillman and the victim ended up sending each other naked pictures.

Hillman called the picture exchange a counseling technique, though he mentioned in his interview with police he knew the girl was underage and it was illegal.

He said the goal was to free the victim of the sexual shame she felt from abuse and to help her no longer feel burdened by her self-image. He said he got no sexual gratification from the Snapchats although the Commonwealth's Attorney pointed out each picture involved his erect penis.

The inappropriate communication occurred between August and December of 2015 and stopped when the girl's father read his daughter's diary and discovered what was happening.

Hillman had faced 40 years in prison.

 




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