Vancouver man sentenced to 35 years for child rape

WASHINGTON
Seattle PI

VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — A former Bible camp counselor was sentenced Tuesday in Vancouver to 35 years in prison for sexually abusing two children he knew through church.

Forty-six-year-old Michael Scott Norris of Vancouver was convicted in July of child rape and molestation.

The Columbian reports (http://is.gd/3Lae5M) Norris was a volunteer pastor and counselor at Open Bible Church in Portland when he was arrested in 2006.

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