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Henri Rose Cimatu|
Monday, November 24 2014
For pastors who abuse children the day of reckoning can arrive even if they think they have got away with their crimes.
A pastor from New Albany, Ohio has been found guilty of sodomizing a 14-year old church member in 2010.
Isrom Johnson, pastor at Prince of Peace Missionary Baptist Church, faced three counts of third degree sodomy, each carrying a one to five year sentence.
The jury recommended Judge Audra Eckerle sentence Johnson to 15 years, The Courier-Journal reported on October 30 .
The victim, now 18, testified that he waited two years to tell anyone that his pastor abused him because of fear that doing so would jeopardize the relationship of his family with the church.
His mother was a deaconess, his sister was part of the worship team, and his grandmother was a church usher.
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