Ex-basketball coach and youth pastor admits to sexual abuse of 13-year-old boy

PENNSYLVANIA
Lancaster Online

By BRETT HAMBRIGHT | Staff Writer

A former local pastor and junior-high basketball coach has admitted to repeated sexual abuse of a 13-year-old boy.

Jonathan Masteller, 24, pleaded guilty Thursday to numerous felonies regarding the abuse which happened in 2012 and 2013 at his home in Kinzers.

He faces a mandatory 10-year prison term at sentencing, but the judge has the option of running up to 11 other charges consecutive to that term.

Masteller, in prison on $250,000 bail, will be sentenced after a background check is completed in about two months.

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