MISSISSIPPI
Clarion-Ledger
Written by
Ruth Ingram
Guilty pleas this morning by a former Clinton church music minister and school choir director charged with sexually abusing young boys brings full circle a two-plus year period of allegations, investigations and legal wrangling.
During a hearing this morning before Hinds Circuit Judge Bill Gowan, John Langworthy pleaded guilty to five felony counts of gratification of lust. As part of a plea agreement between Langworthy and the Hinds County District Attorney’s office, Langworthy will not go to prison.
Gowan sentenced Langworthy to 10 years suspended on each of the five counts, for a total of a 50-year suspended sentence. He also received five years of supervised probation, is forbidden to have contact with any of his victims, and must register as a sex offender.
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