OHIO
Plain Dealer
By Adam Ferrise, cleveland.com
CLEVELAND, Ohio — A North Olmsted youth pastor will spend a decade in prison for carrying on a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old member of his church.
Brian Mitchell, 31, sat Thursday with his brow furrowed for most of the 90-minute hearing where Cuyahoga County Judge Patrick Corrigan sentenced him to 10 years in prison.
Mitchell — a husband and father of three children under the age of 8— was the youth pastor at Columbia Road Baptist Church in North Olmsted when he met the victim.
He pleaded guilty to four counts of sexual battery.
“I’m so sorry to (the) family,” Mitchell said. “I can’t imagine the work and effort you’ve had to put into fixing your family.”
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