CHALMETTE (LA)
Nola.com [New Orleans, LA]
December 11, 2025
By Missy WIlkinson
A St. Bernard parish jury on Thursday convicted a former pastor of one count of indecent behavior with juveniles, Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill said.
Milton Otto Martin III, 58, awaits a Jan. 15 sentencing by Judge Darren Roy. He was booked into St. Bernard Parish jail at 5 p.m. Thursday, jail records show.
Jurors were sworn in Tuesday, and the trial concluded Wednesday afternoon, 34th Judicial District Court records show. Assistant Attorney Generals Barry Milligan and Erica Moore subpoenaed the Worldwide Pentecostal Fellowship’s custodian of records to help build a case against Martin, who in 2023 was listed as the First Pentecostal Church of Chalmette’s pastor.
Jurors acquitted Martin of felony carnal knowledge of a juvenile. Martin had initially been arrested in March 2023 after Louisiana State Police determined he had sex with a child multiple times from 2010-2013, when the child was between ages 14 and 17. He was booked on felony sexual battery and carnal knowledge of a juvenile.
He was rebooked on indecent behavior with juveniles the following month, state troopers said, when investigators found a second victim whom Martin had sex with in 1991, when the victim was 14.
“We will never stop fighting to protect the children of Louisiana,” Murrill said in a written statement.