Federal jury finds Shreveport pastor guilty of sex with minors

LOUISIANA
Shreveport Times

Written by
Michael Doughty

Andrea Lewis the former pastor from Shreveport charged with sexual contact with minors was found guilty Friday by a federal jury on three counts of transporting minors across state lines to have sex.

The five-day trial in the courtroom of United States District Judge Elizabeth Foote, culminated in the conviction of the 54-year-old Lewis, who was found guilty of abusing his position as a pastor and choir recruiter from 1994 to 2000.

The choir consisted predominately of girls under the age of 18.

It took the jury three hours of deliberation to deliver the verdict, following a week of testimony and exhibits which indicated Lewis transported at least three minors from Texas for sex.

Testimony indicated Lewis threatened the girls not to tell anyone, and used choir trips and other church related travel to cover up the sexual abuse.

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