Bellingham Youth Pastor Sentenced for Child Rape

By Tracy Ellis
KGMI News
June 1, 2017

http://kgmi.com/news/007700-bellingham-youth-pastor-sentenced-for-child-rape/

A former youth pastor at Bellingham Baptist Church is going to prison for raping a teenager.

Christopher Trent plead guilty to four counts of third-degree child rape.

He was sentenced to 5 years in prison.

The girl says she was 13 when Trent started sexually abusing her.

Some of the abuse happened at the church.

Trent was a married father of seven at the time.

He now must register as a sex offender.