Sarasota ministry worker convicted of child sex charges, police say

SARASOTA (FL)
TBO

By TBO.com
Published: April 24, 2012

A Sarasota man who said he worked for a ministry has been convicted in a child sex case, the Sarasota Police Department said.

Joe Harrison Jr., 42, was found guilty Monday of three counts of sexual battery on a child and one count of lewd or lascivious molestation of a child.

Harrison is scheduled to be sentenced April 30.

Harrison said he was a bishop for Liberty Central Ministries International. At the time of his arrest, he listed his home address in the 1000 block of Four Seasons Circle in Sarasota.

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