HENRIETTA (NY)
Democrat & Chronicle
March 15, 2018
By Victoria E. Freile
A former Henrietta pastor known for running a fight club in his church pleaded guilty to sexual abuse charges Wednesday in Henrietta Town Court.
Paul Burress, 43, who was accused of groping three women in his Henrietta home, was charged last fall with four counts of forcible touching, a misdemeanor. On Wednesday, he pleaded guilty to third-degree sexual abuse, a misdemeanor, according to the Monroe County District Attorney’s Office.
Burress was a charismatic pastor at Victory Church in Henrietta, a large non-denominational church, for a number of years.
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