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The Columbus Dispatch
By Mary Beth Lane
The Columbus Dispatch
Tuesday October 2, 2012
A former youth pastor pleaded guilty today in Hocking County Common Pleas Court to three counts of attempted gross sexual imposition involving a 13-year-old girl in the congregation.
Visiting Judge Dale Crawford scheduled sentencing for Dec. 21.
Travis J. Branstetter, 31, of Logan, an ordained minister who was youth pastor for five years at the Church of the Nazarene, took a negotiated plea deal.
The offense carries a maximum sentence of one year in prison, the prosecutor’s office said.
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