Former youth services worker sentenced to more than 200 years for child sexual abuse

OKLAHOMA
Tulsa World

By Samantha Vicent Tulsa World

A Tulsa man was sentenced Tuesday to more than 200 years imprisonment for sexually abusing five boys he met through church and while doing volunteer work for a local Department of Human Services shelter.

A jury found Timothy Shawn Cato, 52, guilty on Nov. 10 on 11 counts of child sexual abuse committed against the boys between October 2009 and his arrest in October 2014.

In upholding the jury’s sentencing recommendations, District Judge William LaFortune said he agreed with prosecutors’ claims that Cato has consistently tried to minimize, justify or otherwise rationalize his actions against the boys, who were ages 7 to 17.

The jury acquitted Cato on one count each of child sexual abuse and manufacture, distribution or sale of child pornography.

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