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By: Lynette Adams | WHEC.com
One of the victims of a former church leader convicted of molesting three boys is speaking out.
On Friday, Joe Flowers was sentenced to one and a third to four years in state prison. He was sentenced to seven years on Thursday for taking one of the victims across state lines to Florida and abusing him. Flowers is currently in prison for abusing one of the boys from his church. In total, he’ll serve 14 years in prison.
The young man that News10NBC spoke with Friday had left Rochester and was in college when he heard people were questioning the story of the nine-year-old victim who came forward last spring. He says he broke his silence to support the boy because he too had been molested by the pastor for four years.
Joachiem Bradley closed a chapter in his life. In Friday in a Monroe County courtroom, Joe Flowers was sentenced for molesting him and his brother. He told the court how the former pastor used the word of God to win him over.
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