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Toledo Blade

TIFFIN — A former layman at Bloomville United Methodist Church was convicted Friday of gross sexual imposition and sentenced to the maximum five years in prison.

Emanuel Lewis, 61, of New Washington, Ohio, was found guilty by a jury in Seneca County Common Pleas Court. Judge Steve Shuff also ordered him to pay restitution of $692 to the victim’s family and to register as a sex offender.