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SIDNEY – A Fremont County jury has found the former pastor of Sidney’s Cowboy Church guilty of sexual abuse and lascivious acts.
The verdict against Roger Craig Kissel, 67, comes after a four-day trial that included testimony of
Defense Attorney Michael Murphy said Kissel had been set up for a sexual abuse charge. He told the jury the girl told her mother in July of 2013, but the mother did not report it to police until late in September.
Those testifying included Kissel and his wife and the girl’s mother.
In her closing statement, Assistant Attorney General Denise Timmons told the jury that if there are conflicts in evidence, it comes from the adults. “The most credible person is that girl,” she said. “ She was a five-year-old girl who wanted the abuse to stop.”
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