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San Antonio Express-News
ADEL, Iowa (AP) — A former Pella pastor has been convicted by a jury of sexually exploiting women in his congregation.
The Des Moines Register reports (http://dmreg.co/PHrl3k) 42-year-old Patrick Edouard will be sentenced in October on four counts of sexual exploitation and of having a pattern, practice, or scheme to sexually exploit.
The maximum penalty is nine years in prison.
The jury, which returned its verdict on Friday, acquitted Edouard on three counts of third-degree sexual abuse.
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