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Mike Deak, @MikeDeakMyCJ July 7, 2016
PLAINFIELD – A former city pastor has lost the appeal of his conviction and prison sentence after he was found guilty on two counts of sexual assault and four counts of endangering the welfare of a child.
George Benbow, 64, the founding pastor of Plainfield’s Christian Fellowship Gospel Church, is serving an 11-year sentence at South Woods State Prison in Bridgeton.
Benbow was found guilty of molesting several girls at a summer camp run by his church between 2000 and 2008.
Benbow was arrested in 2008 and was found guilty and sentenced four years later.
In a ruling released Thursday, the state appellate court rejected all of Benbow’s arguments to overturn the conviction and sentence.
Benbow argued that his sentence was excessive and that Superior Court Judge Stuart Peim committed errors during the trial.
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