NEW JERSEY
The Record
BY ALLISON PRIES
STAFF WRITER | THE RECORD
A former youth pastor at a Wyckoff church was sentenced to six years in prison on Friday for crimes against teenage girls that ranged from sexually explicit text messages to intercourse.
David Hayman, 38, a married father of three, appeared before Judge Margaret Foti in Superior Court in Hackensack. Hanging his head, he listened as three victims spoke of the damage they suffered after becoming his “daughters,” as Hayman had described them.
“What could be safer than a youth group?” Assistant Prosecutor Demetra Maurice said. “But it wasn’t.”
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Hayman had inappropriate relationships with at least five girls at Cornerstone Christian Church.
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