COLORADO
Steamboat Today
By Matt Stensland
Steamboat Springs — A former Christian school teacher and pastor convicted of repeatedly molesting a boy was sentenced Friday at the Routt County Justice Center to 20 years to life.
Near the end of the sentencing hearing, Judge Shelley Hill told John Brothers Jr., 45, there were only two ways he could ever be released from prison.
“You need to find it in yourself to decide what you are going to do with the rest of your life,” Hill said.
She said Brothers could seek to win an appeal and have his conviction overturned at a new trial, or he could admit what he had done, get treatment and convince a parole board he should be released.
“I know that you continue to deny that these events happened,” Hill said. “I understand that, and I understand that you will be seeking relief in the appellate courts.”
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