NEW JERSEY
The Record
BY KIBRET MARKOS
STAFF WRITER
The Record
A Mahwah minister was convicted Thursday of having sex with an underage member of his church almost a decade ago.
Jurors in state Superior Court in Hackensack returned after less than two days of deliberations to find the Reverend Curtis Franklin guilty of second-degree sexual assault.
Franklin looked down and shook his head when the jury forewoman announced the verdict. He was handcuffed and led out of the courtroom after Judge Edward Jerejian revoked his $200,000 bail, ordering him held at the Bergen County Jail pending his Sept. 14 sentencing, when he faces five to 10 years in prison.
Defense attorney Miles Feinstein said he was disappointed with the verdict and that he will file an appeal.
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