IOWA
KCCI
ADEL, Iowa —
A jury announced its verdict Friday in the trial of former Pella pastor Patrick Edouard.
The jury found Edouard not guilty of three counts of third-degree sexual abuse.
The jury found him guilty of all four counts of sexual exploitation by a counselor, therapist, school employee or clergy. They also found him guilty of having a pattern, practice or scheme to sexually exploit.
Four women in Edouard’s former congregation at Covenant Reform Church in Pella said he used his influence as a pastor and counselor to draw them into having sexual relations. Three of the women said the first sexual encounter with Edouard was rape.
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