SOUTH CAROLINA
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A former youth pastor was sentenced to 15 years in prison last week at the conclusion of a four-day trial on a sex abuse charge in Union County, according to information released by the 16th Circuit Solicitor’s Office.
Stephen Douglas Berry, 40, was convicted of second-degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor. He must serve 85 percent of the sentence and register as a sex offender. Berry, who previously served as the youth pastor at New Life Baptist Church in Union, was accused of sexually abusing a 15-year-old girl over a six month period in 2010.
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