Boulder County youth pastor to serve 2 years in prison over relationship with teen church member

COLORADO
Daily Camera

By Alex Burness, Camera Staff Writer
POSTED: 07/18/2014

A Boulder District Court judge sentenced youth pastor Jason Roberson to two years in prison Friday on a conviction stemming from a seven-year relationship he initiated with a 15-year-old congregant.

Following his prison stay, Roberson, 35, will serve a 30-day sentence either in the Boulder County Jail or under a work-release program, depending on whether the latter has any openings.

And after his release, Roberson will enter into 10 years of intensive sex-offender probation.

Roberson pleaded guilty in April to sexually exploiting and stalking Danielle DesGeorges, now 24, while he was employed by Vinelife Church, located at 79th Street and Lookout Road between Niwot and Gunbarrel.

In exchange for the plea, prosecutors dropped charges including sexual assault on a child in a position of trust and unlawful sexual contact.

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