BALTIMORE (MD)
WMAR

BALTIMORE (WMAR) – A Baltimore jury found a local pastor guilty Wednesday of sexually abusing a teenaged girl from April 2000 to March 2002.

Leon W. Jones, 61, was first introduced to the then 15-year-old girl by her mother. The victim’s mother plead guilty to her role in the sexual abuse. She is now serving 5 years in prison for five counts of sexual child abuse.

At the time of the crime Jones was the pastor at the Renewed Hope Christian Church in Baltimore.

The jury found Jones guilty on eight counts of second degree sexual offense.