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Bucks County Courier Times
By Jo Ciavaglia Staff writer
In November, a 34-year-old woman arranged a “family” meeting to discuss sexual abuse she said she endured as a child because she and her husband were concerned about leaving their newborn daughter alone with some people.
But on Tuesday, the woman admitted under oath that the reason she gave for the meeting was a lie.
The true purpose was to coax a former Morrisville Baptist church pastor into admitting he sexually abused her when she was a child. The woman wore a hidden microphone that recorded the meeting conversation, according to the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office.
Portions of the audio recording were played Tuesday during a preliminary hearing for Scott Sechrist, 61, a Bristol Township man accused of sexually assaulting the then-12-year-old. The woman originally reported the alleged crimes to police in 1992, but then recanted.
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