MARYLAND
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Nathaniel Morales, former Covenant Life Church leader convicted of sexual abuse, sentenced to 40 years in prison
ROCKVILLE, Md. (WJLA/AP) – A Las Vegas man convicted of sexually abusing boys while he was a youth leader at a church in Maryland in the 1980s was sentened Thursday to 40 years in prison.
Nathaniel Morales received the sentence in Montgomery County Circuit Court.
A jury found him guilty in May on three counts of sexual abuse of a minor and two counts of sexual offense. He had faced up to 85 years in prison.
Prosecutors said Morales worked with youth ministries and conducted Bible studies for Covenant Life Church in Gaithersburg.
He was convicted of abusing three boys from 1983 to 1991 at group sleepovers and in their homes.
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