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Web Editor – Mason Stevenson
Story Created: Thu Oct 17, 2013
He was ordered to register as a sex offender and submit a DNA sample. Now, a court will decide whether to commit a former southern Illinois pastor accused of sexually abusing a child.
Police charged Bill Vandergraph in July 2010 with criminal sexual abuse of a 4-year-old girl.
The court found there was enough evidence to convict, but ruled Vandergraph’s dementia kept him from assisting in his defense.
A judge will decide in December if Vandergraph should be committed to the Department of Hhuman Services for treatment.
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