NORTH CAROLINA
Star News
A Wilmington pastor accused of indecent liberties with a minor pleaded guilty Monday in New Hanover County Superior Court to six counts of felony sexual abuse of a minor by a substitute parent.
Thomas Archie Wiggins, 54, former pastor of Wilmington’s Faith Temple Church of God in Christ, was given a prison sentence of between six years and three months and nine years and nine months. He was taken into custody Monday.
Wiggins was arrested in November 2011 on five counts of first-degree sexual offense and five counts of indecent liberties with a minor.
The crimes involved a teen boy and took place in 1998, according to officials.
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